Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.

—Gordon Atkinson

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Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

—Gordon Atkinson

We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God's existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.

—Gordon Atkinson

The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this.

—Gordon Atkinson

God, I don't have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.

—Gordon Atkinson

And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.

—Gordon Atkinson

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Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.

—Gordon Atkinson

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

—Mahatma Gandhi

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart—far more damaging to yourself than to them.

—Lawana Blackwell

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

—Lawana Blackwell

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

—Josh Billings

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11 Jul 2015 Added
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