Klaus Kinkel Quotes

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

Love is stronger than justice.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence

I believe in forgiveness.

I can never hold a grudge against anyone, even if I know that he has done something wrong to me.

Tolerance as practiced by the Christian, enlightened West was never about thinking that bad people are good but that we are all called to love the sinner and hate the sin.

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?

I learned about forgiveness, and I've reached out to others to make amends.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

People can forgive each other.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.