Jurnee Smollett Quotes

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

There is no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things" -he sighed- "these things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do? Morrie Schwartz

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I don't live in the past.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been, and all that you will be in the future.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

I'm a person who really doesn't dwell on the past.

The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

I do think that when you get older, you kind of learn not to judge because you realise that no one's perfect, and we're all fighting our own private demons.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

I can never hold a grudge against anyone, even if I know that he has done something wrong to me.

People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.

You have to, as an individual, know how to tune that stage of your life that's in the past out.

I make sure I'm appreciative and can an encounter the world in a humble way.

Life's easier and nicer when you let go of the past and look to the future.

If we can still love those who have made us suffer, we love them all the more.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.