Neal Shusterman Quotes

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven.

What have I to forgive and whom?

Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

A-tone-ment-its a chance to fix the unfixable and to start all over again. It begins when you forgive yourself for all you've done wrong, and forgive others for all they've done to you. Your mistakes aren't mistakes anymore, they're just things that make you stronger.

Forgive me now - tomorrow I may no longer feel guilty.

Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.

The trouble with forgiveness is that some people don't want to be forgiven.

God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do the same

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

Now here's a good one: you're lying on your deathbed. You have one hour to live. Who is it, exactly, you have needed all these years to forgive?

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

...forgiving is not the same as forgetting.

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?

I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.

Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals

Those are not the tears of repentance!... Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the way home, and in the father's arms the prodigal forgets the self he abominates.

Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves.