A Quote by Ellen Hopkins

Anger is easier than forgiveness.

Ellen Hopkins

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Anger Easier Forgiveness Than

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Ellen Hopkins
American - Novelist
Born: March 26, 1955

Forgiveness does not mean that we suppress anger; forgiveness means that we have asked for a miracle: the ability to see through mistakes that someone has made to the truth that lies in all of our hearts. Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. Attack thoughts towards others are attack thoughts towards ourselves. The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

Marianne Williamson

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

Barry Eisler

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Hannah More

I know the anger lies inside of me like I know the beat of my heart and the taste of my spit. It is easier to be furious than to be yearning. Easier to crucify myself in you than to take on the threatening universe of whiteness by admitting that we are worth wanting each other.

Audre Lorde

It was easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?

Kate Brian

Forgiveness gives you a chance to be fulfilled rather than be eaten up with anger.

Bettany Hughes

It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Lois McMaster Bujold

It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

Bill Bowerman

It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.

Lora Leigh

Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.

Mahavira

Just remember that forgiveness is so much easier than regret.

Katie Ashley

Forgiveness is not a matter of feeling superior, of feeling sorry for our parents because they didn't' know any better. It comes when we understand that as humans we all do the very best we can, and we can't ask for more than that. Forgiveness is making the choice to find no more value in anger, and to see that we are all God's light, all joined, and the separations we feel are only part of the illusions of the ego.

Gerald Jampolsky

Forgiveness is the key to breaking the cycle of karma and reincarnation. Forgiveness doesn't mean: "What you did was okay." It simply means, "I'm no longer willing to carry the heavy toxic burdens of anger, resentment, and victimhood in my soul." You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive yourself and everyone, and you are free!