All Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
- The only way to heal the pain which will not heal itself is to forgive the person who hurt you. Forgiveness heals the memory's vision.… Discover
- Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Bitter
- Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you… Almost Unnatural
- You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything...We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing… All
- When I feel the joy of receiving a gift my heart nudges me to join creation's ballet, the airy dance of giving and receiving, and… Airy
- Gratitude is the best feeling I would ever have, the ultimate joy of living. Best
- Any moment that opens us up to the reality that life is good is a parable of the supreme end for which we were made. Any
- Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return. Heal
- When you give up vengeance, make sure you are not giving up on justice. The line between the two is faint, unsteady, and fine...Vengeance is… Accounting
- Forgiveness is the key that can unshackle us from a past that will not rest in the grave of things over and done with. As… Been
- We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every time it comes… Assault
- Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation. When the beat… Beat
- ...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving. Come Later
- If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the… Alive
- With a little time, and a little more insight, we begin to see both ourselves and our enemies in humbler profiles. We are not really… Begin
- We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all. All
- The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off… Act
- Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness. All
- I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of… Cannot Forgive
- God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I… All