How many times should you forgive your household bruiser? You should not even think about forgiving him. Not yet. Not as long as he has his foot on your neck. Your problem at this point is not forgiving. Your problem is how to get out of his reach. Once you get away from him, you can think about forgiving him.

Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.

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

I am certain that people never forgive because they believe they have an obligation to do it or because someone told them to do it. Forgiveness has to come from inside as a desire of the heart. Wanting to is the steam that pushes the forgiving engine.

Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.

We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all.

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