“When there’s that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.”– Craig T. Nelson Related Quotes “Forgiveness is the final form of love.”– Reinhold Niebuhr “Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.”– George MacDonald “For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?”– Bell Hooks