Deepak Chopra Quotes

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

When you forgive somebody else you accept the responsibility for your own future.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving.

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.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.

You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons.

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

Forgiveness is a sacrifice. You're giving up being right about something, whether you're right or wrong about it.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durable—like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us.

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 flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people we forgive them, we must leave them free to respond to our good news however they are inclined. If the response is not what we hoped for, we can go home and enjoy our own healing in private.

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?

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.