Forgiveness

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”

“The Creative Father-Will reveals Himself in them, and thereby forgives us and dispels all Darkness.”

“And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”

“Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.”

“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”

“Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven."”

“For the plea for forgiveness or redemption from guilt is conditional upon the petitioner having previously forgiven all the wrongs inflicted upon him by his fellow-men.”

“Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.”

“To recompense injury with kindness.”

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

“With steadfast good volition the end of all atonements must come, since he who wills what is good and acts accordingly will incur no fresh debts demanding further atonement.”

“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“The honest volition for what is good, for something better, reinforced by a truly heartfelt prayer, will bring redemption!”

“Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”

“"He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,"--in those who harbour such thoughts hatred will never cease.”

“Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.”

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.”

“A man only has the right and also the power to forgive what he has personally suffered at the hands of another, and then only when, quite freely, his heart bids him do it.”

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.”

“Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing.”

“Without the honest, steadfast volition for good there can never be atonement.”

“If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him.”

“For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.”

“For the individual deed, that you will have to redeem and settle, certainly; yet in the moment when you earnestly begin to strive for the good you mark the end of your atonement.”

“But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.”

“"He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me,"--in those who do not harbour such thoughts hatred will cease.”

“Even men who are not good are not abandoned by it.”

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“Forgiveness is the final form of love.”

“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”

“He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.”

“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.”

“Give fervent thanks that with His Word the Redeemer re-opened the way to the forgiveness of your sins, and leave the spot with the earnest intention to go the way shown to you so that forgiveness may really be yours.”

“Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“Not rendering evil for evil or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.”

“Notwithstanding the reaction due to guilt, the ascent of every man solely depends on his inner attitude.”

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

“Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”

“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is tolerant with the intolerant, mild with fault-finders, and free from passion among the passionate.”

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.”

“The activity of the Divine Creative Will purifies every human spirit of its guilt as soon as it strives upwards, whether through its own experiences or through its voluntary efforts at improvement.”

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord.”

“To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him.”

“He who does not know the words of Jesus personally, but who seriously strives for the Truth and for ennoblement, often lives completely in harmony with the sense of these words, and will surely attain to pure faith and the forgiveness of his sins.”

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.”

“When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind of the one who was wrong).”

“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.”

“The Saviour’s work of redemption was to take up the battle with Darkness in order to bring Light to mankind, to open the way to the forgiveness of all sins. But each one must tread this path alone in accordance with the irrevocable Laws of the Creator.”

“Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”

“He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred.”

“Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.”

“He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”

“The grain of Truth in the doctrine of suffering is that with this suffering a certain guilt may be redeemed. This can only happen, however, when a man consciously recognises that he deserves this suffering, as did the penitent thief on the cross.”

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”