Saint Bernard Quotes

Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.

Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves.

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.

For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the man? But years later it occurred to me that there was one man to whom I had been doing this all my life - namely myself.

I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

To understand is to forgive, even oneself.

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

He who has regrets cannot look at himself in the mirror.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.

We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.

The only person you resent is yourself.