„This is why I forgive, but I don't forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn't mean anything anymore.“
Barry Lyga
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„The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.“
— Thomas Szasz Hungarian psychiatrist 1920 - 2012
The Second Sin (1973), "Personal Conduct" http://books.google.com/books?id=IYOcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+stupid+neither+forgive+nor+forget+the+na%C3%AFve+forgive+and+forget+the+wise+forgive+but+do+not+forget%22&pg=PA177#v=onepage, p. 51. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15151528W/The_Second_Sin
„But don't forget the blessing is in the struggle. The Most Forgiving will forgive it if you stay repentant and hustle.“
— Lupe Fiasco rapper 1982
Mixtapes, Fahrenheit 1/15 Part I: The Truth Is Among Us (2006)
„Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.“
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
„Forgiveness is too easy. I can forget by indifference, but not forgive. I prefer revenge.“
— Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer 1933 - 2019
„Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. … If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.“
— Далай-лама XIV spiritual leader of Tibet 1935
On the killing of al-Queda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden by US military forces, as quoted in "Dalai Lama suggests Osama bin Laden's death was justified" by Mitchell Landsberg, in The Los Angeles Times (4 May 2011) http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0504-dalai-lama-20110504,0,7229481.story.
„Man forgets. God forgives. Man forgets God's Truth. God forgives man's ignorance.“
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
Songs of the Soul (1971)
„To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.“
— Joyce Cary Irish writer 1888 - 1957
„Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.“
— Maria Edgeworth Irish writer 1767 - 1849
"An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification"; Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 213.
„Do not feel ashamed to forgive and forget.“
— Ali cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad 599 - 661
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar
„Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.“
— Robert Jordan American writer 1948 - 2007
(15 October 1991), Thom Merrilin
„Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.“
— John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States of America 1917 - 1963
Attributed, As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
