„Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.“

— Oprah Winfrey

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„Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.“
— Oprah Winfrey
„The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.“
— Louis Zamperini
„I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?“
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
„There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that when it becomes the past it will turn out to be a past worth having.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Help me give up my addiction to Hope.“
— Chuck Palahniuk