Cynthia Ozick Quotes

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the other person to die.

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

Resentment is the poison we drink, hoping it will hurt others.

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

Some carry the burden of bitterness and resentfulness for many years.

I've always hated the idea of carrying grudges and resentments around like a load of mouldy suitcases.

Bitterness kills the soul.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate.

In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.

Hate gets going, it goes round, it gets older and tighter and older and tighter, until it holds a person inside it like a fist holds a stick.

Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.

Resentment and anger are not good for the soul. They are foul things.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is -- a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

Resentment always hurts you more than the person you resent.

People carry around resentment for years! And that creates daily stress.

Nursing a grudge is bad for your heath.

Envy creates the beginning of strife.