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43 quotes by Lewis B. Smedes

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Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to... →

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It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

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

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You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

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The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the... →

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Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

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The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.

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Restorative justice is not a replacement of retributive justice, but a complement. It seeks the rehabilitation of the wrongdoer and the repair of the... →

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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its... →

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Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

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The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies.

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We are anxious in the face of our unchangeable past; we long to recreate segments of our private histories, but we are stuck with them.

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What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is... →

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