In a World Without Forgiveness
evil begets evil,
harm generates harm,
and there is no way short of exhaustion
or forgetfulness of breaking the sequence.
Forgiveness breaks the chain.
...It represents a decision not to do
what instinct and passion urge us to do.
It answers hate with a refusal to hate,
animosity with generosity.
Few more daring ideas
have ever entered the human situation.