Gary Chapman Quotes

You think I should be as forgiving as you are? We can’t all be saints and martyrs.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

Love is stronger than justice.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other's faults and burdens. If we love enough, we are going to light that fire in the hearts of others. And it is love that will burn out the sins and hatreds that sadden us. It is love that will make us want to do great things for each other. No sacrifice and no suffering will then seem too much.

Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who 'forgives' you--out of love--takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice. The price you must pay for your own liberation through another's sacrifice is that you in turn must be willing to liberate in the same way, irrespective of the consequences to yourself.

It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them.

Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving.

Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

How accommodating love is; it forgives everything.

Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?

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

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel.