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Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Night is the wonderful opportunity to take rest, to forgive, to smile, to get in shape for the battle that you have to wage tomorrow.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

— Maya Angelou

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

— Nelson Mandela

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The axe forgets; the tree remembers.

— African Proverb

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, you cannot move forward.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

— Nelson Mandela

Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

— Alexander Pope

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

— Mark Twain

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

— Buddha

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

— Marcus Aurelius

To err is human; to forgive, divine — and to learn is the most human of all.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

— Robert Frost

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

— Buddha

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

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