When we forgive others, we give ourselves permission to let go of our own suffering.

John Bruna
Some Similar Quotes
  1. If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him... - Paulo Coelho

  2. What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  3. The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options. - Bill Hicks

  4. Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can. - Dodie Smith

  5. It is that we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never no helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object of its love. - Sigmund Freud

More Quotes By John Bruna
  1. Doing the next "right thing" will always bring more genuine happiness than simply doing the next fun thing.

  2. The doors that open and close in our lives are not nearly as important as the person we are when we open them.

  3. Today is sacred - for it will never come again. What could be more important than living this day with attention and the intention to be of benefit, to the best of your ability, to all you encounter?

  4. True freedom is the ability to respond consciously, in the most beneficial way, to whatever life throws at you.

  5. Every moment, every breath, is a new opportunity. An opportunity to let go of the past and to become the person you choose to be.

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