“We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it tak...” — T. D. Jakes Quote

“We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.”

“I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.”

“My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.”

“The biggest takeaway from a memoir is that you have to play fair. Within the first draft, I was writing very angrily because I had a lot of resentment and a lot to process. Through revision is where a lot of learning happened and a lot of forgiveness happened.”

“Not only were the Jewish people beloved, but God himself had taken pains to let them know it. Could there be any clearer sign that he continued to believe in their potential, even without the Temple, to achieve forgiveness and ultimately merit the Temple's rebuilding?”