“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal…

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” - Buddha

Buddhism

Other Forgiveness Quotes

“Take forgiveness. Two levels here. One level: forgiveness means you shouldn’t develop feelings of revenge. Because revenge harms the other person, therefore it is a form of violence. With violence, there is usually counterviolence. This generates even more violence—the problem never goes away. So that is one level. Another level: forgiveness means you should try not to develop feelings of anger toward your enemy. Anger doesn’t solve the problem. Anger only brings uncomfortable feelings to yourself. Anger destroys your own peace of mind. Your happy mood never comes, not while anger remains. I think that’s the main reason why we should forgive. With calm mind, more peaceful mind, more healthy body. An agitated mind spoils our health, very harmful for body. This is my feeling.”<ref>The Dalai Lama and Victor Chan, The Wisdom of Forgiveness, Riverhead Books 2004, p. 234-35 ISBN 1-57322-277-1 </ref> (Quoting the Dalai Lama ) - View Quote Details on “Take forgiveness. Two levels here. One level: forgiveness means you…
Revenge is the most sincere form of forgiveness. - Italian Proverb. - View Quote Details on Revenge is the most sincere form of forgiveness. - Italian…
“Parents may forgive their child anything, but life won’t.” - Leonid S. Sukhorukov, All About Everything (2005) - View Quote Details on “Parents may forgive their child anything, but life won’t.” -…
“Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’” (Luke 23:34) - View Quote Details on “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know…
“Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” (w:Matthew 6:12 ) - View Quote Details on “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” (w:Matthew…
Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense? I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such. - View Quote Details on Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life…
“In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.” (Matthew 18:34-35) - View Quote Details on “In anger his master turned him over to the jailers…
Who takes vengeance or bears a grudge acts like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself by stabbing the other hand. (w:Jerusalem Talmud, Nedarim 9.4) - View Quote Details on Who takes vengeance or bears a grudge acts like one…
The brave only know how to forgive. - View Quote Details on The brave only know how to forgive.
“If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry.” - Anonymous (claimed to be an African proverb by The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I. Jan. 1916 ) - View Quote Details on “If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds…