What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you.
The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.
It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
Forgive offences by the million. And if you love all unselfishly, all will by degrees come to love one another.
Even forgiveness, if weak and passive, is not true: fight is better. Forgive when you could bring legions of angels to the victory.
Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
You never hear of a mother cursing the child; she is forgiving, always forgiving.