*Forgiveness is reckless. It squanders itself upon rogues who have no intention of improving themselves. All it asks for is that it be received. The only unforgivable sin is the sin against forgiveness, the sin which directly and immediately refuses forgiveness.

Now it is in this spirit that forgiveness must be received too. We must enter into the spirit of it, and that is the Holy Spirit, God's Spirit poured out into all the world.  We must not try to pretend that somehow we are forgivable and that that is why we are forgiven. We are no more and no less forgivable than anyone else. If we try to privilege our claim to forgiveness, it is not forgiveness we are looking for, but some other kind of recognition. If it is truly forgiveness we are after, then it must be unconditional and unlimited forgiveness. And we can receive that only if we are prepared to accept the company that forgiveness places us in. It is no good wanting to be forgiven and then reserving the right to look round disapprovingly on all the other (people).

This is why forgiving is so inseparable from being forgiven.
-Simon Tugwell



*Even if you've got shackles on your feet, go.  Be fearless and walk.  Stand for your cause even if you are martyred.
-Faiz Ahmed Faiz



*Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather, the judgment that something else is more than fear.  Enjoy what you do.  Enjoy Life.
-Chandan