Edward Hallowell Quotes
Forgiveness is not turning the other cheek. Forgiveness is not running away. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone what the person has done, nor does it mean that you invite them to do it again. It doesn't mean that you forget the offense, nor does it mean that by forgiving you tacitly invite bad things to happen again. It doesn't mean that you won't defend yourself.
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Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.
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We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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The debate about who decides what gets taught is fascinating, albeit excruciating for those who have to defend the schools against bunkum.
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It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.
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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
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It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words; it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation.
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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
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Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.
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God's gift of forgiveness and eternal life in heaven is absolutely free!
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. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.
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It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick.
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He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing for some distraction, but he did not know what to do, what to attempt. A new overwhelming sensation was gaining more and more mastery over him every moment; this was an immeasurable, almost physical, repulsion for everything surrounding him, an obstinate, malignant feeling of hatred. All who met him were loathsome to him - he loathed their faces, their movements, their gestures. If anyone had addressed him, he felt that he might have spat at him or bitten him... .
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Forgiveness is not turning the other cheek. Forgiveness is not running away. Forgiveness does not mean that you condone what the person has done, nor does it mean that you invite them to do it again. It doesn't mean that you forget the offense, nor does it mean that by forgiving you tacitly invite bad things to happen again. It doesn't mean that you won't defend yourself.
