The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

Joseph Roux
Meditations of a Parish Priest, 4.84, 1886

Who pardons easily invites offense.

Pierre Corneille
Cinna, 4.1, 1639

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

St. Francis of Assisi

Forgiving our enemies has the same refreshing effect upon our souls as it does to confess our sins.

Josh Billings
Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor
1874

We forgive to the extent that we love.

La Rochefoucauld
Maxims, 330, 1665

“I would like to live like a river flows
Carried by the surprise of it’s own unfolding.”

John O’Donohue
From the poem “Fluent”