"Many would make us believe that in order to forgive we must forget. But this is not the case. You will remember; the difference will be that you will no longer need or desire to use it against them. The memory remains, the vindictiveness leaves."
— Richard Foster
Source: “Hurting and Forgiveness,” Quaker Life (October 1974), reprinted at Renovaré
Forgiveness, Change
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"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: "On Forgiveness," in The Weight of Glory
forgiveness
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"Everyone says forgiveness is a wonderful concept until they actually have to forgive an offense."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: Mere Christianity
Forgiveness, Offense
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"This certainly does not mean that our forgiveness of others earns us the right to be forgiven. It is rather that God forgives only the penitent and that one of the chief evidences of true penitence is a forgiving spirit. Once our eyes have been opened to see the enormity of our offence against God, the injuries which others have done to us appear by comparison extremely trifling. If, on the other hand, we have an exaggerated view of the offences of others, it proves that we have minimized our own."
— John Stott
Source: The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (IVP, The Bible Speaks Today), ch. "A Christian's prayer: not mechanical but thoughtful" (Matthew 6:7-15), on 6:14-15
Forgiveness, Repentance
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"You will never treasure forgiveness unless you repent, and you will never know the deepest taste of repentance unless you know you are forgiven."
— Charles H. Spurgeon
Source: Repentance Must Be Accompanied by Forgiveness