James Forman Jr. Quotes

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

I don’t hate anyone including my enemies.

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

People can forgive each other.

A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.

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

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

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

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

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

To be social is to be forgiving.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

I have no animosity against any living soul.

If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

I have no ill will in my heart against anybody in this world.

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Forgiveness is a basis for moral and ethical behavior.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence