If forgiveness is important, what makes it so?

Answer 1

Aloha gskala01,

Great question. Forgiveness is giving up anger and revenge, emotions that drain us and distract us. The quotes below better summarize why forgiveness is important.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
— Buddha

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
— William Arthur Ward

"An eye for an eye" makes the world blind.
— Mohandas Gandhi

Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation
— Roberto Assagioli

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
— Margaret Atwood

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
— Confucius

Blood cannot be washed out with blood.
— Afghan proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid one hundred days of sorrow.
— Chinese Proverb

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
— Robert Ingersoll

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
— Mahatma Gandhi

There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger
— Michel de Montaigne

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
— Gerald Jampolsky

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Seneca

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
— Confucius

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.
— Isaac Friedmann quotes

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness - the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves
— Joshua Loth Liebman

Answer 2

it's important because if you don't forgive, you will be holding grudges inside, and that will make your heart all cold, right? i mean, if you never forgive, how will you be able to move on? forgivness is one of the hardest things to achieve, but it is important.

Answer 3

People who cannot forgive will never be happy. Everyone makes mistakes and forgiveness is healing to your body and soul. You will live longer.

Answer 4

It is important so that you do not fill your mind and heart with rage, anger, and vengence which will comsume your own happiness and quality of life.