“In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.”

— Andy Stanley

Source: It Came from Within!: The Shocking Truth of What Lurks in the Heart

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American Christian minister 1958

Vijay R. Singh (1931–2006) Fijian politician

Speaking Out (2006)

“The feeling of forgiving the you love is like the feeling of forgiving themselves.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La sensazione di perdonare chi ami è come la sensazione di perdonare se stessi.
Source: prevale.net

“And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!”

Edgar Allan Poe The Raven

Stanza 18.
The Raven (1844)

“By refusing to forgive, I give up all illusions. Why should I forgive, when no one is asking me to? I mean, my parents refuse to understand and to know what they did to me. So why should I go on trying to understand and forgive my parents and whatever happened in their childhood, with things like psychoanalysis and transactional analysis? What's the use? Whom does it help? It doesn't help my parents to see the truth. But it does prevent me from experiencing my feelings, the feelings that would give me access to the truth. But under the bell-jar of forgiveness, feelings cannot and may not blossom freely.”

Alice Miller (1923–2010) Swiss psychologist

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence (Abbruch der Schweigemauer) (1990)

“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Source: 1800s, Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1

“Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him… even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven… Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.”

Mercedes Lackey book The Wizard of London

Source: The Wizard of London

“To forgive or not to forgive… are those my only choices?”

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

“One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.”

Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic

Statement of 1848, as quoted in The Cynic's Lexicon : A Dictionary of Amoral Advice (1984) by Jonathon Green, p. 91
One must forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.
As quoted in A Mania for Sentences (1985) by Dennis Joseph Enright, p. 10
Variant: We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged

“Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow, Korogi says. But that's one thing I'll never be able to outrun. Nobody can shake off their own shadow.”

Haruki Murakami book After Dark

Source: After Dark

“Forgiving doesn't make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better.”

Chetan Bhagat book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

“In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.”

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