Carlos Castaneda Quotes

Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind

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

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

People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember "Life is too short to be little".

We begin to forgive by choosing to forgive . . . by deciding, not by feeling. Our feelings don't lead us to forgive. Most times, our feelings lead us the other way. That's why a person has to decide to forgive first. Our feelings always follow along behind our decisions.

Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.

I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.

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

I never hold a grudge.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process.

I don't hold grudges.

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

I can never hold a grudge against anyone, even if I know that he has done something wrong to me.

Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!

But I don't hold grudges.

I can hold on to that, that bitterness and that anger. It won't get me anywhere.

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

I was hurt so deep that I made up my mind never to hurt anybody else, no matter what. I never made jokes about anybody's big ears, their stut-terin', or about them bein' off their nut.

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart.

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.

For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive and I think that you should.