"Learning to forgive is much more useful..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
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“You have more of a feeling of personal resentment than I have. Perhaps, I have too little of it, but I never thought it paid.”
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