Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

While it takes at least two to reconcile, it only takes one to forgive.

Healing cannot be done by settling a score.

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless.

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

Well. Like I said, I dont want to fight anymore. I dont want us to hate each other. And ... well ... I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them. No matter how I fee about us ... I want you to be happy

In contrast to revenge, which is the natural, automatic reaction to transgression and which, because of the irreversibility of the action process can be expected and even calculated, the act of forgiving can never be predicted; it is the only reaction that acts in an unexpected way and thus retains, though being a reaction, something of the original character of action.

I don't think vengeance is much good.

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening." He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. "Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion.

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

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

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

The act of choosing to forgive is not easy at the moment of hurt and pain, but in the long run, it is the only way to go.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

Life is too short for resentments, and I always forgive.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

I forgive everyone in my life.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no time to do anything else except to try and save your people.