Bitterness Quotes - Page 27

• Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.

  Ahmed Kathrada

  Revenge, Hatred, Suffering

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• The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Suicide, Spiritual, Beloved Community

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.75, Beacon Press

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• To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Men, Greed, Progress

  "Fictional character: Hynkel (Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber)". "The Great Dictator", www.imdb.com. October 15, 1940.

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• Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Easter, Hate, Justice

  Desmond Tutu (1982). “Crying in the wilderness: the struggle for justice in South Africa”, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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• Everything you go through can be a lesson for you. Lack of forgiveness can manifest itself in different ways -in some lives it can be through sickness in someone else's life it can be through a bad attitude -or maybe through torn relationships and being angry all the time. I don't know how unforgiveness will manifest itself in your life, but what I can tell you is: it isn't worth it! All of us have done something we need forgiveness for.

  Thelma Wells

  Attitude, Lessons, Way

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• The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all longed for a Deliverer, then He appeared, the most wise, all-powerful Physician and Helper. When men hungered and thirsted after righteousness, as it grew weaker, then the everlasting righteousness came.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Wise, Powerful

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• Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method...is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of the love method is reconciliation and creation of the beloved community...Yes , love-which means understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill, even for one’s enemies-is the solution

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Hate, Mean, Fighting

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• Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brutality, Survivor, Violence

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, p.225, Beacon Press

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• To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.

  Huineng

  Essence, Mind, Arguing

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• "I'm sorry I'm young," Deborah answered with a bitterness that was half prose. "We have a right to be as crazy as anyone else"

  Joanne Greenberg

  Sorry, Crazy, Half

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• Life passes. Eternity comes to meet us with great strides. Soon we shall be living with the very life of Jesus. Having drunk deep at the source of all bitterness, we shall be deified in the very source of all joys, of all delights.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Jesus, Drunk, Joy

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• To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding the soul. These things can enlarge the soul: laughter, danger, imagination, meditation, wild nature, passion, compassion, psychedelics, beauty, iconoclasm, and driving around in the rain with the top down. These things can diminish it: fear, bitterness, blandness, trendiness, egotism, violence, corruption, ignorance, grasping, shining, and eating ketchup on cottage cheese.

  Tom Robbins

  Laughter, Rain, Ignorance

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• Cast from your heart the bitterness.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Heart, Casts

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Soul, Vices, Meals

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.106, Faber & Faber

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