'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

And as I ask for your forgiveness, I also ask for your support to keep all things in perspective and keep all things in proportion. The good of nine years versus the bad.

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Forgive many things in others nothing in yourself.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

Forgive, son men are men they needs must err.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Forgiveness is God's command.

Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility and I do.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.

Here is the amazing thing about Easter the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose again, and that's my belief. I still don't know what 'Christian' means. I'm a follower of Christ, but I keep making a whole bunch of mistakes. And I thank God for forgiveness.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness.

I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead the living have no right to forget.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.

I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never meant to hurt them!!

I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his.

I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to. Mark's happier. I'm sober. There are still phone calls to be made, people I need to say something to. But everyone from Creed who I've offended or hurt, I ask for their forgiveness.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life.

I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.

I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd love to be a Catholic. I think it would be fantastic - faith, forgiveness, absolution, extreme unction - all these wonderful words. I don't think anyone who was ever born a Catholic hasn't died a Catholic, no matter how lapsed they are.

I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably no novelty at all, but had been applied in various churches perhaps, however, with no strict consistency.

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it.

The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost.

To be social is to be forgiving.

To err is human to forgive, divine.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness not to sin offers only punishment.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not it takes a very strong person to forgive.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.