Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,

Splendour, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, absence of malice,

and absence of pride; these are the qualities

of those endowed with divine virtues, O Arjuna.

Bhagavad Gita 16.3

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Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,

and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice:

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,

forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Bible

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Be like the sandalwood which perfumes the axe that wounds it.

Dhammapada

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Holding on to anger is like grasping hot coal with the

intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Gautama Buddha

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

M K Gandhi

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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Paul Boese

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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them as much.

Oscar Wilde

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