"Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own……" — Joan Z. Borysenko
"Forgiveness entails the authentic acceptance of our own worthiness as human beings, the understanding that mistakes are opportunities for growth, awareness and the cultivation of compassion, and the realization that the extension of love to ourselves and others is the glue that holds the universe together. Forgiveness...is not a set of behaviors, but an attitude."
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Joan Z. Borysenko
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19 Quotes by Joan Z. Borysenko
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Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can…
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Everyday brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.
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A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that…
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We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand,…
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Thank God for what doesn't need healing.
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Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other…
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To nourish the soul means to become kinder, more compassionate, wiser, and more loving, often through the making of difficult…
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When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation…
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Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.
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If we don't forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end…
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Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful…
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Confine yourself to the present.
— Marcus Aurelius
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort…
— Alan Ball
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
— Pierre Bayle
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
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I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate…
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