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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.


Jack Kornfield

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ESTHER EARL That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT Forgiveness is empowering for the forgiver. Years of resentment, frustration, and pain are set FREE!
DANA ARCURI Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
ROBERTO ASSAGIOLI Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation
ROBERTO ASSAGIOLI Forgiveness is a choice you can make to free yourself from the shackles of your past, from pain, hur...
SASHA SAMY The heart is deceitful and wicked in everyone; the Holy Spirit changes even the most wretched sinner...
NORM TOMLINSON The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrific...
NORM TOMLINSON I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.
HARUKI MURAKAMI You should believe in prayers, even though there is no guarantee of success. Just like Love.
SARVESH JAIN It was mild monsters like these that made Jack the Ripper go after young women, she decided: who cou...
GREGORY MAGUIRE Resentment lies in the heart of fools.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The Revenant - Just one great, phenomenal picture is show. So if there is machines for to put you in...
DEYTH BANGER The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
DAVID STEINDL-RAST Forgive someone today. Especially if that someone is you.
GINA GREENLEE Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a powe...
CORRIE TEN BOOM Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power ...
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Jack Davis doesn't get to pick and choose what the laws are. No one should be above the law, even a ...
HENRY WOJTASZEK How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL Pain will never lessen without forgiveness, it will only manifest as anger and harden into resentmen...
TIFFANY L. JACKSON The oil of forgiveness can never emanate from a broken heart,for the heart needs to heal first,no ma...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.
SHANNON L. ALDER Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatre...
HANNAH MORE Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatre...
HANNAH MOORE Forgiveness is the economy of the heart.…forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatre...
HANNAH MORE Without forgiveness and love, you will live with resentment, bitterness, malice and strife which res...
KEMI SOGUNLE In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What a glorious day it is today; We are closer to Christ return than yesterday and a day closer to a...
JOHN M. SHEEHAN My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding...
DELLA REESE Peace within us starts when we learn to forgive and let go
MIMI NOVIC To forgive is a decision, to forget takes effort, to heal is a process, to believe again takes coura...
VICTORIA WEN Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but s...
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Well, I don't like your clothes. You look perfectly ridiculous in them. Why on earth don't you go up...
OSCAR WILDE May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. Bu...
JACK KORNFIELD Forgiveness is not a one off decision; it is a journey and a process that takes time, determination,...
CORALLIE BUCHANAN The kindness that we receive from others in life, is also the kindness that we will want to give. Th...
C. JOYBELL C. The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee...
JACK KEROUAC I believe one of the most important reasons I am here today is to practice forgiveness and to learn ...
LISA J. SHULTZ Isn't forgiveness a holy virtue? And if so, then why do we insist on keeping historical records of r...
SUZY KASSEM Choose love, release fear. Choose love, release fear. Choose love, release fear over and over again ...
DONNA M THOMAS Love from novels isn't true love: it ends where it should begin. True love, deep love, grows up with...
GABRIELLE DUBOIS Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... Eros (or call it lust if you will), is like a beautiful, magnificent Afghan Hound! A pure white Afgh...
C. JOYBELL C. I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to ...
DONALD L. HICKS Love’s voice reverberates with forgiveness across the room of our heart
MUNIA KHAN First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
HELMUTH VON MOLTKE First weigh the considerations, then take the risks.
HELMUTH VON MOLTKE There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true...
ECKHART TOLLE Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH She had been defeated by herself alone, and the sadness of it left a dark shadow in her heart. It fu...
YO YO God cannot and will not give us a sense of lasting pleasure apart from him, because it violates his ...
KYLE IDLEMAN The head has no answers, and the heart has no questions, Jack would say."

Quoting his tea...
RICHARD WAGAMESE Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw fro...
JOAN LUNDEN Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw f...
JOAN LUNDEN Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from...
JOAN LUNDEN The past is somewhere we can walk with our memories
Never with our footsteps
MIMI NOVIC And He will judge and will forgive all, the good and the evil, the wise and the meek . . . And when ...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I'm not sure why the saying goes..."be careful what you wish for"...it should be, "prepare yourself ...
C. NZINGHA SMITH We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the he...
CORRIE TEN BOOM Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly.

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PATRICK O'BRIAN Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
WILLIAM A. WARD Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack.
CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask.
The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ...
PAULO COELHO Life can be tough & make you wanna give up. But baby keep your head up because you got all the time ...
LILLIAN S. VILORIA Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ...
E.J. PATTEN Come from the heart, the true heart, not the head. When in doubt, choose the heart. This does not me...
BRIAN L. WEISS Choose who to follow. You can't follow everyone that shows up
SOTONYE ANGA When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ...
HENRY HON If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do:
You must learn how to make a perfect ch...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN Percy was getting tired of water.
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RICK RIORDAN When your heart is broken, you can choose to be injuried or endure, then move on.
JUNE RICHARD BAYLON The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not wh...
BRENNAN MANNING Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN No murderer had before or has since caused such a sensation, passed so quickly into folklore or gain...
PAUL BEGG Because pieces of your heart clearly weigh more when they're sitting shattered at the bottom of your...
HEATHER BREWER I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind....
GAUTAMA BUDDHA Which will you choose: the easy or difficult path? You must trust, have faith and follow your heart ...
SCOTTIE SOMERS We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth ha...
L.M. MONTGOMERY This is exciting," said J.Lo. "We are sneaky agent men, like Bond James Bond."
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ADAM REX You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are myster...
ATHOL FUGARD Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance ...
EZRA TAFT BENSON It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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JACK STEINBERGER I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
JACK STEINBERGER It's great that people are interested in Mars.
JACK SCHMITT But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base ...
JACK SCHMITT It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Cany...
JACK SCHMITT My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
JACK SCALIA There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.
JACK SCALIA I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that ser...
JACK SCALIA I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
JACK SCALIA You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
JACK SCALIA But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
JACK SCALIA Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. ...
JACK SCALIA Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
JACK SCALIA I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent ...
JACK REYNOR I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor c...
JACK REYNOR With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play...
JACK REYNOR As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
JACK REYNOR I couldn't even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland.
JACK REYNOR If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain p...
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