Gerald Jampolsky Quotes

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

I forgive everyone in my life.

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

Forgiving is giving up the wish that things could have been different. They weren't. That's the past. Let it go.

For me, the healing process starts with graciousness and forgiveness.

There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.

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

Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in.

A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they don't haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

I remember everything but forgive anyway.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

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.

Most of us need time to work through pain and loss. We can find all manner of reasons for postponing forgiveness. One of these reasons is waiting for the wrongdoers to repent before we forgive them. Yet such a delay causes us to forfeit the peace and happiness that could be ours.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

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

Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.

Releasing the invisible ties to those who have left you, betrayed you, disappointed you or hurt you, you open up to higher realms of love, peace and joy.

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.