I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But at that time I was determined not to put up with badly behaved people more out of my own interest than because I wanted them to become good people. Augustine Of Hippo
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When we get angry with people it is easy for us to get carried away and lose our sense of reason. I am a firm believer that people need to learn from their mistakes and improve on them. If they don’t then they will continue being the same way that they have been throughout their lives. It is easier to forgive someone when you can see some signs of change in them, rather than waiting for them to change completely. I want people to realize that I am not a monster.

Source: Confessions

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