Gerald Jampolsky Quotes

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

We all say things sometimes to hurt people, so it's important to forgive and have peace with others and forgive and be at peace with yourself.

As a human being, it's in your nature, when somebody says something about you negatively, to defend yourself and lash back. That's what we all have to learn not to do. You have to forgive a person. And when you forgive a person, you have to forgive yourself.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

I think there are more people waiting to forgive me than I need to forgive them.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'

If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.

One of the things I think we're learning to do as the twelfth insight emerges is to be discerning without being judgmental, because condemning someone certainly feels like a comic event that brings other things back on you.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.

You're supposed to remember, and still forgive.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

I do think that when you get older, you kind of learn not to judge because you realise that no one's perfect, and we're all fighting our own private demons.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!