Dalai Lama Quotes

The passion for revenge should never blind you to the pragmatics of the situation. There are some people who are so blighted by their past, so warped by experience and the pull of that silken cord, that they never free themselves of the shadows that live in the time machine... And if there is a kind thought due them, it may be found contained in the words of the late Gerald Kersh, who wrote:"... there are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

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.

I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge.

I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.

Revenge is easy, but forgiveness requires courage.

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.

My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever.

The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?

hate is a virus, revenge its only cure!

No more tears now; I will think about revenge.

To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good.

In his final remarks to the White House staff, on the day he resigned his office, Nixon applied a version of the lesson to himself. “Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

I firmly believe that usually, the person who hurt you doesn't realize what they've done or how much it hurt you. So, continue to pray for the person or situation that caused your pain and anger. Ask God to give you understanding about why they did what they did.

We can look at the pain in our lives. We can look at the way we have been mistreated, and we can have an attitude of, I will never amount to anything. I have been wrong about people all my life. I am going to pay somebody back for this.

It may be infinitely worse to refuse to forgive than to murder, because

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening." He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. "Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion.

I don't believe in being vengeful or trying to send a message to someone. You waste your energy that way.

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

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Although we are physically laid to rest, we meet again and again to make amends. If I hurt someone in this life, I'll have to relive it to make amends. It helps you realize that by hurting someone, you are actually hurting yourself.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.