Considering the importance of resentment in our lives, and the damage it does, it receives scant attention from psychiatrists and psychologists. Resentment is a great rationalizer: it presents us with selected versions of our own past, so that we do not recognize our own mistakes and avoid the necessity to make painful choices.

Related Quotes

This is a great time in our lives and careers.

— Nick Lachey

CareersGreatGreat Time

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

— Roger Caras

Ideas matter. The world matters. Our lives matter, and the choices we make as we navigate our lives perhaps matter most of all.

— Lauren Myracle

ChoicesIdeasLives

Laughter kills lonesome. It's one of the great things in our lives.

— Chevy Chase

GreatGreat ThingsLaughter

All of us create our own versions of an event, of our lives, even, not because we're liars, necessarily, but because we can only see and understand the truth from our own viewpoint, and a shifting viewpoint at that.

— Deb Caletti

BecauseCreateEven