Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes

I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

Revenge is easy, but forgiveness requires courage.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

I never hold a grudge.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven.

I don't hold grudges.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

I am not a man who wants revenge.

When you start to think of revenge, you start to think of hate. I don't believe in hating people. It's a retrogressive thing.

Forgiveness is the noblest vengeance.

I forgive everyone. There's no reason to hold anything against someone. Revenge is over with.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.

I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Forgiveness is God's command.