Henry George Bohn Quotes

By paying our other debts, we are equal with all mankind; but in refusing to pay a debt of revenge, we are superior.

I don't think vengeance is much good.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

There are no unforgivable sins.

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

I feel like God has forgiven me of so much, that I will forgive everyone who has hurt us.

Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.

Retaliation is sometimes mercy, mercy to both parties

Revenge is easy, but forgiveness requires courage.

I believe in forgiveness.

Thankfully, forgiveness, and the healing it brings in its wake, has nothing to do with 'deserve.'

It is not enjoined upon us to forget, but we are told to forgive, our enemies.

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

One of Love's qualities--namely, Forgiveness.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

Christians are supposed to be the most forgiving people on the face of the Earth.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.