-You are not thinking clearly when you refuse to forgive on the grounds that you would not be fair to yourself.
-Forgiving is the only way to be fair to yourself.
-Getting even is a loser’s game.It is the ultimate frustration because it leaves you with more pain than you got in the first place.
-The only way to heal the pain that will not heal itself is to forgive the person who hurt you.
-Forgiving stops the reruns of pain…
-When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life.
-You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.
**From the book FORGIVE AND FORGET by Lewis B. Smedes. (Harper & Row)