Bitterness Quotes
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"In the DesertIn the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter—bitter,” he answered; “But I like it “Because it is bitter, “And because it is my heart."
"The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,Is that which rages in the place of dearest love."
"It always struck me in years after how bizarre it was, how two people could look at one another with such tenderness and complete love, and how quickly that could dissolve into nothing but bitterness."
"The rain fluctuates between drizzle and torrential. It messes with your mind. It makes you think things will always be like this, never getting better, always letting you down right when you though the worst was over."
"Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past."
"He said you were the only one who was bitter about S.'s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. The rest of us, he said, were outwardly unbitter and inwardly unforgiving."
"Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise."
"the worst thing,"he told me,"is bitterness, people end up sobitter."
"Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. 'Love never faileth."
"It is hope--with regard to our careers, our love lives, our children, our politicians, and our planet--that is primarily to blame for angering and embittering us. The incompatibility between the grandeur of our aspirations and the mean reality of our condition generates the violent disappointments which rack our days and etch themselves in lines of acrimony across our faces."
"Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit."
"You can never achieve greatness until you can leave bitterness behind."
"I have a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind!"
"Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth."
"Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man."
"O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man who spreads kindness, peace and knowledge, over the one who spreads lies, fear and terror — and misuses His name."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts."
Craig Groeschel, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist
"Who is the man who can speak to the strong?Where is the fool who can talk to the wise?Men who are dead now have learnt this long,Bitter is wisdom that fails when it tries."
"You can’t afford to limit your joy. It has been proven several times that angry people are never happy people."
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
"Momentary happiness is worse than permanent misery."
"Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free."
"I know I am flaky, I accept that—and I know, as well, that I can mangle the good king’s English like no one else in my or the next ten governesses’ acquaintances, but that will not prevent me from speaking! I may not be as wise as you in the ways of the world, I may not have wounds that run as deeply or scars to wear upon my chest like medals of valor, but at least I don’t retreat and hide the moment a soul comes within reach of my fingers!"
"He’d thought it would be the right thing to say, but she scoffed a little… and that, more than anything—more than the prospect of having his ribs crushed in or his face pulled off or his neck stretched on a rope—scared him out of his wits."
"Never allow any bitterness to take root in your heart."
"the worst thing," he told me,"is bitterness, people end up sobitter."
Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
"Rake your lifestyle. Gather all bitterness. Burn this bad attitude that has chocked the canals of your success. Be set free!"
"You know,' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189"
"Bitterness and resentment are a bottomless well. They can only be healed by the phenomenon of someone else's sorrow rising to your level of pain... it never happens - save yourself endless hurt."
"It means that the lack of knowledge is the foundation for all life failures, destruction, depression, difficulties, hatred, bitterness, envy, etc."
"Like all bitter men, Flint knew less than half the story and was more interested in unloading his own peppery feelings than in learning the truth."
"Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The same way you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you — envy, jealousy, and resentment may put out your flame before it grows."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Brokenness a result of bitterness."
"This is a day of celebration!Today, we are divorcing the pastand marrying the present.Dance,and you will find Godin every room.Today, we are divorcing resentmentand marrying forgiveness.Sing,and God will find you in every tune.Today, we are divorcing indifferenceand marrying love.Drink, and play that tambourine against your thighs.We have so much celebrating to do!"
"Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted."
"If you don’t take care of the disenfranchised and outcasts of your city, they will come knocking on your door one day with revenge and bitterness"
"Bitterness is captivity."
"A person who is too proud in love will suffer from the devastating bitterness in the end."
"No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me."
"Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living."
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin."
"Until you let go of that bitterness in your heart, it will find a comfortable place to destroy your dreams, your sight and most times, your sleep."
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
"If someone had asked him about his dreams on the morning of the barbecue, he would have said that he didn't want for much, but he wouldn't mind a lower mortgage, a tidier house, another baby - ideally a son, but he'd take another girl no problem at all - a big motherfucking boat if it were up for grabs, and more sex. He would have laughed about the sex. Or smiled at least. A rueful smile. Maybe the smile would have been exactly halfway between rueful and bitter."
"There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life,the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs."
"Life is like a painting, seems smooth and glorious but you can see its dullness when you are near it."
"Life is like that...sometimes you have to peel off the bitterness in order to get to the part that is sweet."
"Beautiful is he who recognizes what is truly beautiful,Even if the surface is ugly.Truthful is he who says what is true,Even if the truth is ugly.Ugly is he who measures beauty by its exterior,Without first weighing the interior.And ugly is the man who judges harshly what he sees looking out,Without first judging what he sees in the mirror.Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)"
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
"Bitterness and sweetness, are both fruits of egoism. Doing egosim of good deeds brings sweetness. Doing egosim of bad deeds brings bitterness."
"Pain will never lessen without forgiveness, it will only manifest as anger and harden into resentment or bitterness."
"Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so."
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