(Jen Enck.ed.) If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. Agreed. Google Books By Pam W. Vredevelt and Kathryn Rodriguez I wrap up, Id like to share some of the things with you that Ive learned from going through all this nonsense. Pg. QI believes that this figurative framework evolved over time. Let go of grudgeHolding on to a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping it kills somebody else. So, yes, it does matter. We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. Holding resentment is like eating poison and waiting for the other person to keel over. One post mention, wait a minute, they didnt have hypodermic needles then! And again its how we dont think about what we post online to make any critical sense. The exact quote isnt there, but there is a passage that is an obvious prototype: No Scientific Christian ever considers hatred or execration to be justifiable in any circumstances, but whatever your opinion about that might be, there is no question about its practical consequences to you. (Verified with scans; thanks to the B.L. Being resentful, they say, is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die was cited in print in 1995 and Resentment is like taking poison and hoping itll kill someone else. Resentment Quotes Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. We are the people who live by the water. The author, who took an extremely superficial view of the Gospel, said, referring to the Sermon on the Mount: Surely it is justifiable to hate the Arch-Butcher, Robespierre, and to execrate the Bristol murderer.. As compulsive overeaters, we cannot afford resentment, since it exacerbates our disease. By Carrie Fisher Resentment builds when one partner feels theyre more attentive and aware of their relationships needs than their partner, she said. , 1994, A Womans Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation by Susan Cheever, Quote Page 132 and 133, William Morrow and Company, New York.