How To Forgive Someone –
Forgiveness Quotes

Don't Try To Forgive On Your Own

Forgiveness quotes can be used to ask God to help with our forgiveness of another.
As the saying goes “To err is human, to forgive Divine.”

The mistake we often make is trying to forgive on our own.

Are you willing to forgive?
Yes.

Do you know how to stop feeling upset with this person?
No.

Do you want to feel at peace over this issue?
Yes.

If these are your answers, then if you knew how to forgive someone you would already be doing so.

Don't try to forgive.
Instead, say a short forgiveness prayer of the other...

Alternatively, go here for a longer forgiveness prayer.

How Important Is Forgiveness of The Other In A Course In Miracles?

Forgiveness of the other is the fundamental teaching of A Course In Miracles.
It is what allows us to experience self-forgiveness.
As this forgiveness quote tells us, it is the practice that leads us back to God.

“Those who forgive are ...releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them.
As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself.”
(W-41.1, A Course In Miracles quote)

Notice how that quote explains the following lines in the Our Father prayer:

“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.”
(Matthew 6:12, Bible verse)

Other People Are A Mirror of Ourselves

A Course In Miracles says that when we forgive another we are always forgiving a reflection of ourselves.
When we see the innocence in them, we see our own beauty and innocence.

Forgiveness Exercises

The following forgiveness quotes are wonderful to use as forgiveness exercises in a situation where you feel annoyance or judgement towards another:

“I bless you, brother, with the Love of God, which I would share with you.
For I would learn the joyous lesson that there is no love but God's and yours and mine and everyone's.”
(W-127, A Course In Miracles quote)

Also:

“I would see you as my friend, that I may remember you are part of me and come to know myself.”
(W-68, A Course In Miracles quote)

It is well worth learning these by heart.
(Click on the link for more information on how to use spiritual quotes as part of your spiritual practice. )

I have said these quotes on forgiveness through gritted teeth on many occasions, but I said them anyway!

The gift I receive is a greater awareness of my own innocence and of the unconditional love of God.
Using these forgiveness quotes allows God access to lead me both in how to forgive someone else and how to forgive myself.

Famous Forgiveness Quotes

For more quotations about forgiveness, please go to Definition Of Forgiveness In ACIM

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