Seneca the Younger Quotes

we dislike those we've injured.

To have done more hurt to a man than he can, or is willing to expiate, inclineth the doer to hate the sufferer. For he must expect revenge or forgiveness; both of which are hateful.

One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.

I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the wrong that you did that caused the guilt feelings.

It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

Less shame a greater fault would palliate.

There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.

It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.

It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.

It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

The difference between anger and deep remorse - remorse is much fatter. It's a deeper feeling altogether. Anger is too easy an escape for my money.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

My heart gets very tender when it comes to playing someone who has wronged someone else. I almost feel like it's easier for me to play having been wronged than it is to actually feel like you had an active part in hurting someone.

You can forgive somebody and still believe they need a consequence.

I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.