Dalai Lama Quotes

Without forgiveness, there is no future. Forgiveness is not nebulous, impractical and idealistic. It's thoroughly realistic. It's real political in the long run.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.

Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.

We must ask people to forget about the past and to live for the future.

Only children believe that apologies fix everything.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.

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.

Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.

Well. Like I said, I dont want to fight anymore. I dont want us to hate each other. And ... well ... I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. No matter how I fee about us ... I want you to be happy

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

There is power in forgiveness.

Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.

Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.

Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of blame-and pain-in a relationship...It does not settle all questions of blame and justice and fairness...But it does allow relationships to start over. In that way, said Solzhenitsyn, we differ from all animals. It is not our capacity to think that makes us different, but our capacity to repent, and to forgive.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.

Healing cannot be done by settling a score.