To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.

Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins, it makes them as if they had never been.

Forgiveness given is forgiveness gained.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred.

If you catch poisonous fish, throw it back into the sea.

Ungrace does its work quietly and lethally, like a poisonous, undetectable gas. A father dies unforgiven. A mother who once carried a child in her own body does not speak to that child for half its life. The toxin steals on, from generation to generation.

I could no more pray the Our Father, I could no longer call myself a Christian, if I refuse to forgive. Humanly speaking, I cannot do it, but God will give us his strength!

Christians should not compromise in hating sin, says Lewis. Rather we should hate the sins in others in the same way we hate them in ourselves: being sorry the person has done such things and hoping that somehow, sometime, somewhere, that person will be cured.