Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.

Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin‘ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness – that there is something wrong.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

The soul is healed by being with children.

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Forgotten is forgiven.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

People have so much going on in their heads. I’m like, If you could write a song, you’d feel so much better!

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

Bitterness is cancer – it eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure.

At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.

Over the years I’ve seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn’t know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn’t even smell like smoke.

Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then.

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs… I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

You see, you are a spirit, you have a soul, and you live in a body. You have emotions, you have thoughts, you have a will, and you have a conscience. You are a complex being! And Jesus came to heal every single part of you. There’s not one part that He doesn’t want to make completely whole.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart’s blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.

There are some hurts that we experience that can be forgiven but we won’t forget them.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.