Lewis B. Smedes quotes

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. (Lewis B. Smedes)
You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
Modern Americans suffer from a fear of judging. Passing judgment on the behavior of fellow human beings is considered an act of medieval, undemocratic intolerance. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is bound to some special others by the invisible fibers of loyalty. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes
The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart. View quote
Lewis B. Smedes