“Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.”

“Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense”

“The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.”

“Do you feel that we can rebel against our oppressors without losing our love, our tolerance, and our ability to forgive?”

“Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason...”

“It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.”