Giacomo Casanova Quotes

It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should.

If people don't hold grudges, it means they just don't care what people do.

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

To forgive is merely to remember only the loving thoughts you gave in the past, and those that were given you. All the rest must be forgotten.

Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness.

There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.

You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

If you are resentful, you keep the thing alive. So the way to go on is to get rid of it, in order to forgive in order to forget.

The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their past, so warped by experience and the pull of that silken cord, that they never free themselves of the shadows that live in the time machine... And if there is a kind thought due them, it may be found contained in the words of the late Gerald Kersh, who wrote:"... there are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.

Forgive, but don't forget

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

Life is too short for resentments, and I always forgive.

I really don't hold grudges. I mean, I remember everything, but I move on.

I struggle with insecurities. I struggle with forgiveness. I struggle with letting someone go that did me dirty without vengeance, which is an evil thing.

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

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.