Forgiveness, not vengeance, yields peace and security.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. (p. 235)

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.

Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge."

The noblest revenge is to forgive

forgiveness is a complex act of consciousness, one that liberates the psyche and soul from the need for personal vengeance and the perception of oneself as a victim.

There is power in forgiveness.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation.

Forgiveness is the letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.

Forgiveness isn't telling someone
it was okay to hurt you.
It's telling yourself
it’s okay to stop hurting.
It doesn’t mean you have
to trust them again.
It means you can learn
to trust yourself again.
It doesn’t mean you have to give
them a free pass back into your life.
It means you are free to
take your life back again.
Forgiveness is simply
emptying your past of its power
to empty your present of its peace.

Thus to forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, that greatest good, communal harmony that enhances the humanity and personhood of all in the community.