Forgiveness

Remembrance of wrongs is the consummation of anger, the keeper of sins, hatred of righteousness, ruin of virtues, poison of the soul, worm of the mind, shame of prayer, cessation of supplication, estrangement of love, a nail stuck in the soul, pleasureless feeling cherished in the sweetness of bitterness, continuous sin, unsleeping transgression, hourly malice. The Ladder of Divine Ascent, step 9.2 St. John Climacus

If you forgive quickly, then you will be generously forgiven. The Ladder of Divine Ascent, step 9.16 St. John Climacus

Before we enter the Lenten fast, we are reminded that there can be no true fast, no genuine repentance, no reconciliation with God, unless we are at the same time reconciled with one another. A fast without mutual love is the fast of demons." -The Lenten Triodion. St. Tikhon’s Seminary Press. p.47