“Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not ...” — Ingrid Betancourt Quote

Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

I don't want to be submerged by depression.

I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.

I studied political science at the Ecole de Sciences Politiques in Paris.

I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages.

The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.

I see the good in people, and I believe in forgiveness.

If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender.

If we were not sinners, Jesus would not have had to come. If he didn't see us as sinners, he could have loved us without dying for us. He died for our sins. So if we're all sinners, that means everybody's in the pot together needing the same love, the same grace and the same forgiveness.