Horace Bushnell Quotes

Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.

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.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

I try to give as much blanket forgiveness as much as possible in my life because that's the only way you can get past things and move forward. But, conversely, I'd like to be forgiven. In many ways, that's the bigger leap, the bigger transformation and the bigger step forward.

All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.

If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others-we'll never experience the good life God has in store.

Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator.

Forgiveness is a selective remembering. It is a conscious choice to focus on someone's innocence instead of his or her mistakes...This serves *you*...Your body was not created to bear the burden of your overattachment to it, but was created as a container for the light of your spirit. It will more easily remember how to function perfectly when you remember the perfection in everyone.

Sometimes what a person needs most is to be forgiven.

Forgiveness is the Most Powerful thing you can Do for Yourself on the Spiritual Path.

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?

To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

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

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

We all say things sometimes to hurt people, so it's important to forgive and have peace with others and forgive and be at peace with yourself.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

Forgiving yourself will help with giving yourself strength.

I forgive because not to forgive would only hurt me.

Forgive yourself and forgive others around you.