Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. Not to forgive is to yield oneself to another's control.. to be locked into a sequence of act and response, of outrage and revenge, tit for tat, escalating always. The present is endlessly overwhelmed and devoured by the past. Forgiveness frees the forgiver. It extracts the forgiver from someone else's nightmare. Lance Morrow
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This quote by Gandhi is about the power of forgiveness. Forgiveness means that you don't let the past control your actions, because it will keep you trapped in the ways of the past. You stay stuck in retaliation and anger, because forgiveness would release you from this cycle. To forgive is to be free.

Source: The Chief: A Memoir Of Fathers And Sons

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