Jack Kornfield Quotes

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

Forgive yourself and welcome love back into your life.

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.

Let me extend that generosity to myself.

Pardon others often, thyself never.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

Offer it up personally,then. Right now. I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings or friends or children or lovers disappear from their lives before precious words of clemency or absolution could be passed along. How do the survivors of terminated relationships ever endure the pain of unfinished business? From that place of meditation, I found the answer-you can finish the business yourself, from within yourself. It's not only possible, it's essential.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves.

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves.

Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

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

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

The Savior has suffered not just for our iniquities but also for the inequality, the unfairness, the pain, the anguish, and the emotional distresses that so frequently beset us.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.