Forgiving Is Not Forgetting Quotes

“Perhaps no word exists in our terribly inadequate English language to name this abstract, emotional thing that is not forgiveness, is not forgetting, and also is both.”
― Janisse Ray, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans

“People usually tell you to forgive the one who hurt you, they tell you to move on and they tell you that you are strong enough to handle yourself but, what they never tell you about forgiveness is that it is one of the most painful things to do in life.

From (The Awakening)”
― Jyoti Patel

“When people talk about how fast children forget, how fast they forgive, how sensitive they are, I let it go in one ear and out the other. Children can remember and forget and totally freeze to death the people they don't like.”
― Peter Høeg, Smilla's Sense of Snow

“Forgiveness is a powerful mental process that detoxifies our mental, spiritual and physical realms.”
― Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA

“Confession liberates the sinner's soul from guilt's shadow, and forgiveness grants the victim's heart reprieve from resentment's weight, yet neither can dissolve the eternal imprint of wounds, for scars whisper truths that time alone must ponder.”
― Njau Kihia