Top 77 Spiritual Forgiveness Quotes
#1. Gospel bestows all good things spiritual: forgiveness of sins, true righteousness, peace of conscience, everlasting life; and all good things temporal: good judgment, good government and peace.
Martin Luther
#2. It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
Victoria Osteen
#3. The one whose 'alochana (confession of mistakes), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness) and pratyakhyan (avowal to never repeat the mistake)' are true (done correctly), he is bound to attain the knowledge of the Self (attain self realization).
Dada Bhagwan
#4. No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
Boyd K. Packer
#5. Confess your sins, pray towards the Heavens and be set free from all bondages.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#6. Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.
George Muller
#7. Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender
Elizabeth Gilbert
#8. Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God's forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul.
Franklin Graham
#9. Is it atikraman [Hurtful karma] if we eat, cut our hair or brush our teeth? No, it is not like that. Anger-pride-deceit-greed is considered atikraman [Hurtful karma]. If you do pratikraman [Ask for forgiveness], they will all go away.
Dada Bhagwan
#11. Forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies, and we can focus on the future with God's love in our hearts.
David E. Sorensen
#12. There is spiritual edification in recognizing that God stays faithful in his covenants, that he forgives all sin despite whatever historical or sociopolitical circumstance.
James Mikolajczyk
#13. Higher states of consciousness correlate strongly with attributes like compassion, forgiveness, generosity and kindness. The more one is self-aware and other-aware, and the greater one's connection with the spiritual, the more likely one will be a force for good in our world.
Philip Chard
#14. Forgiving someone else doesn't give them a free pass. It gives you a free pass to move on.
Charles F. Glassman
#15. Rebuilding relationship requires a lifelong discipline and commitment.
Sri Amma Bhagwan.
#16. An engaging examination of a painful subject, with a focus on healing and forgiveness. - Kirkus Review
Robert Uttaro
#19. We are all human, so we may trespass each other. But there is always grace for forgiveness.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#20. Once people are not here physically, the spiritual remains. We still connect, we can communicate, we can give and receive love and forgiveness. There is love after someone dies.
Sandra Cisneros
#21. Forgiveness is more than words ... it is a state of being, and if forgiveness is to be anything more than a superficial offering, then, psychological, emotional, and spiritual ground must be cleared in order that the act of forgiveness may be properly rooted, and, therefore, lasting.
Bill Whitehouse
#23. The beginning of forgiveness is often exhaustion. You're pooped; thank God.
Anne Lamott
#24. Enemies and friends act like spiritual coaches. They round out the rough spots on Soul's unfoldment. The Mahanta (inner spiritual guide) teaches through others. So pay careful attention when sparks fly, because some important things in you - perhaps courage or forgiveness - needs some polish.
Harold Klemp
#25. Every relationship has a spiritual purpose that helps us grow and become stronger. Sometimes, our most challenging relationships bring the greatest personal blessings. From them we learn about forgiveness, patience, and other virtues.
Doreen Virtue
#26. Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people.
John Climacus
#27. No matter what kind of sin you have committed, there is always forgiveness. You must repent and seek forgiveness. You can walk in the new life and light.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#28. Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
Billy Graham
#30. Forgiveness happens when you know that the other is not responsible.
Sri Amma Bhagwan.
#32. I believe that love and forgiveness engages an incomprehensible healing force and sometimes true healing occurs, but always an emotional and spiritual healing happens.
Angeli Maun Akey
#34. Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
Confucius
#38. The sage said, "The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love. That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them; you just forget. spiritual Dimensions of Psychology."
Hazrat Inayat Khan
#39. Every grievance you hold hides a little more of the light of the world from your eyes until the darkness becomes overwhelming. Everything you forgive restores that light. So ask yourself, who is it that you are really hurting?
Donna Goddard
#41. Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.
Jodi Picoult
#42. It is said that the offender never forgives. Certainly it is quite explicitly hard for the one in the wrong to do so. And it takes more spiritual asset than continued alcohol often leaves.
Louise Jordan Miln
#43. One of the greatest challenges of the spiritual life is to receive God's forgiveness.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
#44. The Lord is calling us to turn from evil. And return to Him in repentance.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#45. It doesn't take a new heart to want the psychological relief of forgiveness, or the removal of God's wrath, or the inheritance of God's world. All these things are understandable without any spiritual change. You don't need to be born again to want these things. The devils want them.
John Piper
#46. A true Christian does not see God's promise of forgiveness as a license to sin, a way to abuse His love and presume on His grace. Rather, he sees God's gracious forgiveness as the means to spiritual growth and sanctification. He continually thanks God for His great love and willingness to forgive.
John F. MacArthur Jr.
#47. Peace of mind always precipitates peace on earth.
Phoenix
#48. One has to beckon the spiritual warrior inside oneself whenever it is deemed necessary for the task at hand. Courage is the fuel. Healing is the direction. Forgiveness is the balm. Love is the atmosphere Divine.
Donna Goddard
#51. Forgiveness is the fastest way to a spiritual path and inner peace of mind
Muhaya Haji Mohamad
#54. Often what prevents us from seeing beauty in the outside world is the fact that we fail to see beauty in ourselves and other people. Forgiveness is the key that can unlock this door for us.
Anthony J. Ciorra
#55. Forgiveness is a spiritual exercise that has to do with many things, but forgetting is not among them.
Colin Tipping
#57. By practicing compassion and forgiveness, one can control hatred.
Radhe Maa
#58. Every human being makes mistakes, so why should you be afraid? Go to the One who can get rid of the mistakes and tell him, 'Sir, these are the kind of mistakes I make', so he will show you the solution.
Dada Bhagwan
#59. In order to create light you must first live in light.
Phoenix
#60. Welcome the righteous,
avoid the wicked,
and yet open both arms to the repentant.
Whoever receives them receives God.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#61. Forgiveness doesn't mean what happened wasn't wrong or didn't matter. If it wasn't wrong or didn't hurt, there wouldn't be anything to forgive.
Leigh Powers
#63. Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.
Dalai Lama
#68. Forgiveness is a process, an admittedly difficult one that often can feel like a rigorous spiritual practice.
Sharon Salzberg
#69. The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.
Donna Goddard
#70. Ultimately, we can really forgive people only because Christ rose from the dead; his Resurrection is the guarantee that God can cure every wrong and every hurt.
Jacques Philippe
#71. The only person we have the right or the power to forgive is ourselves. For everything else there is the Art of Acceptance.
Rebecca O'Dwyer Centred Woman
#72. Resentments make even the best of us feel superior.
Anne Lamott
#73. If we can bring spiritual energy, which is love, kindness, forgiveness and so on, to the problem, we can dissolve it. It's really just a matter of changing our mind about how we're going to process the events in our lives.
Wayne Dyer
#75. Love's voice reverberates with forgiveness across the room of our heart
Munia Khan
#76. Where you see and feel wrongdoing, Divine Mind sees opportunity to restore Wholeness.
Deborah Atianne Wilson
#77. As humans we have two great spiritual needs. The first is forgiveness, which God has made possible by sending His Son into the world to die for our sins. Our second need, however, is for goodness, which God also made possible by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell within us.
Billy Graham
