Quotes about Healing

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls.

Nothing heals the soul like chocolate," she said. "I just love chocolate. It's God's apology for broccoli.

There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.

To not extend forgiveness is to burn the bridge that we ourselves must cross.

I hope you can someday forgive me.' 'I forgive you now.