"When
I see the migrant workers' broken bodies and eyes without hope, I want to embrace
and wipe away their fears. It makes me angry and helps me to keep fighting the
oppressive system."
-- Irene
Fernandez | 
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"Forgiveness works
directly on the emotion of anger (and related constructs such as resentment, hostility,
or hatred) by diminishing its intensity or level within the mind and heart."
-- Richard Fitzgibbons
"To
forgive is to set yourself free, to acknowledge that it does no good to hate.
Hate really, really destroys both the other person and yourself. That realization
is what I think taught me about forgiveness, and so I try to live by it."
--Ruby Bridges Hall
Though
we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within us, we must learn not to water
those seeds and instead nourish our positive qualities – those of compassion,
understanding, and loving kindness.
-- Thich
Nhat Hanh | 
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"Forgiveness
is an act of the imagination. It dares you to imagine a better future, one that
is based on the blessed possibility that your hurt will not be the final word
on the matter. It challenges you to give up your destructive thoughts about the
situation and to believe in the possibility of a better future. It builds confidence
that you can survive the pain and grow from it. "
-- Larry James
|
In spite of the fact that the
law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous
leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that
pursued this self-defeating path."
--
Martin Luther King, Jr
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Holding on to anger,
resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from
clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness
in your life.
-- Joan Lunden
Speak
when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
-- Laurence J. Peter
Five
enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride;
if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
-- Petrarch
Never
get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
-- Mario Puzo
“When
will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather
than avenge it?”
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt |
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"If I hold a grudge
because I'm angry, I feel strong. But to set that anger aside takes real strength."
-- Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
The
best remedy for anger is delay.
-- Brigham Young
ANGER
QUOTES
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Reconciliation
Day
- April 2
Forgiveness
Day
- First Sunday in August
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Also FORGIVENESS QUOTES
