It’s been four years since I posted some of my favorite quotes. So, with the start of 2016, I’d like to share a few more on writing, anger, resentment and forgiveness.
“Never write about a place until you’re away from it, because that gives you perspective.”
Ernest Hemingway
“How much more grievous are the consequences of our anger than the acts which arouse it.”
Marcus Aurelius
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
Nelson Mandela
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it’s accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”
Borrowed by Oprah Winfrey*
*I first heard this quote on a show about twin sisters who were raped by their brothers and then their father. Their mother knew and did nothing. It was heart-wrenching. Oprah’s hope for the twins was that their past would not break their spirits.
