A Quote by Thomas S. Monson

Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals

Thomas S. Monson

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Blame Forgiveness Heals Keeps Only Open Wounds

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Thomas S. Monson
American - Priest
August 21, 1927 - January 2, 2018

The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may give buoyancy to the soul. In many families, there are hurt feelings and a reluctance to forgive. It doesn’t really matter what the issue was. It cannot and should not be left to injure. Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. George Herbert, an early 17th-century poet, wrote these lines: ‘He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven, for everyone has need of forgiveness.’

Thomas S. Monson

Fighting the wounds of the past will only deepen those wounds. Relaxation is the method that heals the wounds of the mind, not reaction.

Mata Amritanandamayi

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The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts. But there are wounds we cant speak of.

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Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

Henri Nouwen

Time heals all wounds. And if it doesn't, you name them something other than wounds and agree to let them stay.

Emma Forrest

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.

Catherine Ponder

People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn't equal the right thing for one day.

Phil McGraw

It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

Rose Kennedy

It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone.

Rose Kennedy

But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.

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