Forgiveness is no substitute for justice.

—Pope Benedict xvi

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Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

—Mignon McLaughlin

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A broken friendship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.

—Stephen Richards in Forgiveness and Love Conquers All

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What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.

—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.

—Alexander Pope

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