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Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Quotes

Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

Forgiveness does not overlook the deed. It rises above it.

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Forgiveness, Doe, Deeds
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (2013). “A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer”, p.112, Portobello Books

Perpetrators who receive the gift of forgiveness are given a chance to change

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Forgiveness, Chance, Perpetrators
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (2013). “A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer”, p.124, Portobello Books

an act of forgiveness sets the victim apart from the perpetrator, who failed to act humanly towards the victim at the time he committed his crime.

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Forgiveness, Crime, Victim

For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others of course don't care, and they continue acting with contempt.

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Forgiveness, Giving, Challenges

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