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Forgiveness Not for the Weak

When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, he instinctively threw up his hand in the Hindu gesture of forgiveness. Gandhi understood what Jesus was about, or else he never could have said, "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong."

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