Don't let the hurts, disappointments, and regrets of the past cripple your present or define your future. Forgive.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

Forgiveness as the response to the inevitability of failure. Suffering understood as part of life. Trust as the other side of anguish. A permanent thankfulness.

Therefore, in the presence of my dear family, in the presence of my Church, and in the presence of the imagined communion of my readers, I have told this story in the hope of forgiveness, and as a promise.

Live more humanly, bravely, and compassionately in such circumstances, mainly through a call to discipleship.

Given the impossibility of not failing one another, when the Bible says, "We all stumble in many ways," the only way forward in loving community with one another is forgiveness.

In our homes, where we work, in our friendships, we come inevitably to a fork in the road where we must decide, "Will I forgive that?" If the answer is yes, we go forward together in love. If we choose "no, I will not forgive," at that point we will tend to amplify the fault we observe to excuse our withdrawal into bitterness. Everyone loses—and the gospel most of all.

Watch out for the people who say that all is good between them and God but have no interest in being reconciled with the people whom their sin has injured.

If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.

When we see the faults of others, we are to forgive and forbear in humility.

He has the valuable quality of being fond of people without wanting to turn them inside out.

How do you do?" "How do you do?" echoed Mr. Ingleby. They gazed at one another with the faint resentment of two cats at their first meeting. Mr. Hankin smiled kindly at them both.