“Forgiveness is giving up the idea of a better past.” – Ricardo Ferrari

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

May 24

'I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.'

- Abraham Lincoln

'Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past.'

- Lance Morrow