Pope Benedict XVI Quotes
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Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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Things happen for a reason, and the only thing you can do is at night time get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness for anything that you did that you didn't feel was right.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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I don't make judgments about my own work, and I don't analyze it; I just let it happen. That applies to everything I've done.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.
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I'm going to end up like one of those old weirdos who lives in a network of tunnels burrowed through trash - yet I do not fear this.
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To fight evil is to fight ourselves.
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Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.
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But now I discovered the wonderful power of wine. I understood why men become drunkards. For the way it worked on me was not at all that it blotted out these sorrows, but that it made them seem glorious and noble, like sad music, and I somehow great and revered for feeling them.
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It will require a sustained military and financial commitment by the international community, working with the government of Afghanistan, to create the environment in which enduring democratic institutions can be established.
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We need Grace and forgiveness.
