self-mercy Quotes

You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything

Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have we. If we look honestly at our life, we can see the sorrows and pain that have led to our own wrongdoing. In this we can finally extend forgiveness to ourselves; we can hold the pain we have caused in compassion. Without such mercy, we will live our own life in exile.

I think when someone blindly projects and it's showing up in the form of envy or hate - and I actually think they're synonymous - that's when I feel the most afraid and disconnected and vulnerable. Like whenever I don't feel safe in my own hands, in terms of my not being tender or merciful with myself, or when we're treating each other that way.

Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

It’s not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first.

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves.

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.