We are often so convinced that we are so hurt and in pain, so much so that we opt not to forgive. Yet, as a consequence, that is what will make you weak!

What you have suffered after you have healed will make perfect sense. You will be able to smile at how you overcome the tears of pain.

When you forgive, it does not mean that you have submitted, it simply means that you have made a choice to stop bearing any grudge.

You are the custodian of your own happiness. What other people say, do or think does not create a basis for your happiness. It is you who decides your own happiness, just like forgiveness.

The heart is where the journey of forgiveness begins.

Locking ourselves in the situation where we wish for sympathy and want to be looked at as the aggrieved party normally makes us powerless.

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.

The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way.

Sometimes we are very convinced that what we went through needs to be re-lived so we end up going back and forth to the demons of the past and eventually we fail to get over them.

Forgiveness does not change the past, that’s for sure, but it does change the future.

The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process.

Light of my heart is my spirit through which I created my universe, and I see the beauty of my sun, my moon and my dazzling stars.

Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.

One of the sweetest things about success is that no one else has to believe in your abilities for your dream to come true.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

I'm not going to date a crazy party animal; I'm more into culture. I'd rather go to a museum, travel somewhere, or go to a play. That's more interesting to me than partying at the hottest club.

What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things.

Obstacles aren't there to stop you. They are put there to show you how powerful you can feel when you run right over them.