Quotes about Healing

It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was true that time heals bereavement it does so only at the cost of the slow extinction of those loved ones from the heart's memory which is the sole place of their abode then or now. Faces fade, voices dim. Seize them back, whispered the sepulturero. Speak with them. Call their names. Do this and do not let sorrow die for it is the sweetening of every gift

What the Squire has never understood is that forgiveness has a time line. While it's never too late for revenge.

And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of those smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.

The problem is that many bitter people don't know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can't see their own wrong in the mirror. And the longer the root of bitterness grows, the more difficult it is to remove.

Bitterness never draws us closer to God. Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.

Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.

There is no sin too great for God's grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.

If you don't handle the hurt properly, their sin becomes a catalyst for your own.

Having suffered so much, the capacity for suffering had to some extent left him.

Instead of her soul swaying with new life, it seemed to droop, to bleed, as if it were wounded.

For some things, said his aunt, it was a good thing Paul was ill that Christmas. I believe it saved his mother. Paul

The chronic kicker, even the most violent critic, will frequently soften and be subdued in the presence of a patient, sympathetic listener— a listener who will be silent while the irate fault-finder dilates like a king cobra and spews the poison out of his system.