Nelson Mandela Quotes

Whether it is better to forget and let wounds heal or remember and learn from the past is a crucial question for all of us, wherever we are.

We must ask people to forget about the past and to live for the future.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

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

I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

Let us forget and forgive injuries.

You can always forgive, you just can't really forget.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

Forgive, but don't forget

Were it not better to forget than to remember and regret?

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

The bells cease, and the power goes from me, and I descend again to the world of the living; and if in some foolish confiding moment I try to explain why I want to re-live those old days, to tear the Truth out of the past so that all men shall see plainly, perhaps someone will say to me, 'Oh, the War! A tragedy - best forgotten.'

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

For those who can raise up great evils can best allay them.

The healing of a nation is a slow process that requires patience. It begins with truth telling, the confession of wrong-doing, the genuine respect for forgiveness and the willingness to accept the consequences of one's actions.

I will always forgive but I will never forget.

Forgiveness is better than revenge

We must forget the past.

Historic scores cannot be settled, and scars cannot be obliterated.

I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But sometimes I cannot. For me, I cannot.