Lewis B. Smedes

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

- Lewis B. Smedes

"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."

- Lewis B. Smedes

"Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving."

- Lewis B. Smedes

"Forgiving what we cannot forgive creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future."

- Lewis B. Smedes