Forgiving is, first of all, a way of helping yourself to get free of the unfair pain somebody caused you.

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

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

When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.

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

Waiting is the hardest work of hope.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory.

God invented forgiving as a remedy for a past that not even he could change and not even he could forget. His way of forgiving is the model for our forgiving.

The God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart.

To miss out on joy is to miss out on the reason for your existence.

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

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

Best way to deal with fear is to confront it.

When the conflict deepens, none will have peace either.

The Kerry campaign was a difficult one to be involved with, it is a real juggling act to set the tone and pace of these things accurately.

He can be a great player in this league if he learns how to say two words: "I'm full."

Always push to be creative.

Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high marble, I'd say go for the marble.

We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures.

If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can't expect from others what you don't give to yourself.

I've always looked at myself and criticized myself first, and that's the way I'm always going to be.