To all who think this is a sign of weakness, may I recommend to you Chapter 5 of the book, The Book of Joy, a dialogue between HH The Dalai Lama and South African Archibishop Desmond Tutu.
It begins with a story of mothers losing their children who had been lured, killed, and dragged through the streets by Apartheid activists. The mothers saw their children's lifeless bodies being dragged through the streets.
After Apartheid had ended, they were conducting Truth and Reconciliation meetings, meetings which fostered healing. The Mothers faced the men responsible for their son's deaths. Initially, the mothers reacted with anger, with one throwing her shoe at one of the men responsible. A short break was taken to let tensions calm down.
When the mothers reentered the room, no one expected or asked them to forgive the men responsible. When one entered the room, she said, speaking to the men responsible, "My child, we forgive you." - She continued, "What is it going to help us if he were to go to prison? It won't bring back our children"
"We cannot say of anyone at all that they are totally unable to forgive. I think that all of us have the latent potential,[...], to be sorry for these others who are disfiguring their humanity in this way. Indeed, no one is incapable of forgiving and no one is unforgivable." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"Forgiveness does not mean we forget. You should remember the negative thing, but because there is a possibility to develop hated, we mustn't allow ourselves to be led in that direction - we choose forgiveness." - HH The Dalai Lama
"Forgiveness does not mean that you do not seek justice or that the perpetrator is not punished." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"There is an important distinction between forgiveness and simply allowing others' wrongdoing. Sometimes people misunderstand and think forgiveness means you accept or approve of wrongdoing. No, this is not the case. We must make an important distinction. [...] The actor and action, or the person and what he/she has done. Where the wrong action is concerned, it may be necessary to take appropriate counteraction to stop it. Toward the actor or the person, however, you can choose not to develop anger and hatred. This is where the power of forgiveness lies - not losing sight of the humanity of the person while responding to the wrong with clarity and firmness." - HH The Dalai Lama
"Forgiveness is the only way to heal ourselves and to be free from the past. Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us. We are bound to the chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped. Until we can forgive the person who harmed us, that person will hold the keys to our happiness, that person will be our jailor. When we forgive we take back control of our own fate and our feelings. We become our own liberator." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"There are those who think an eye for an eye is going to satisfy you. But in the end, you discover that an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind"