A state of honour recognises that all aspects of God/Goddess/All That Is are equal and that even the unconscious anti-Christ souls are a part of the Creator and honours them as such. In a state of honour, an initiate also honours him or herself. It is from the act of self-honour that an initiate does not allow another to harm the initiate. Through self-honour, an initiate will do whatever it takes to cause others to understand that abusive and violent patterns (whether they be physical, emotional or energetic in nature) are not acceptable in their presence. (Lord and Lady Rize through Karen Danrich "Mila") - www.ascendpress.org

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. (Wayne Dyer, 1940 American Psychotherapist Author Lecturer)

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962 American First Lady Columnist Lecturer Humanitarian)

...others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. (Richard M. Nixon)

Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. (Hosea Ballou, 1771-1852 American Theologian Founder of Universalism)

It is human nature to blame another for their difficult experience. In the blame game, one does not own the fact that it is one's own unconscious beliefs and contracts that created the circumstance in the first place. In not owning one's responsibility in all of their life's creations, one gives their power away to another by blaming another at cause. In giving one's power away, one is unable to release the very pattern creating the dilemma. In not releasing the pattern at cause, one is then subject to creating the same difficult dilemma over and over again. The more rapidly one chooses to take responsibility and release the very patterns at cause of any difficult creation, the more rapidly one will learn the lesson that they have manifested the experience to teach and transcend it.

When one is ascending, one recognizes that others are not necessarily aware of their unconscious desire to destroy or manipulate. As such, in becoming fully conscious, it is up to the ascending individual to be aware of such patterns and avoid allowing such harmfulness into one's own life experience. An example of this responsibility might be seen in a difficult family relationship. Let us say that the ascending individual is invited home for Christmas, but sees that the unconscious abusiveness and harmfulness of her mother will most likely cause her difficulty, or perhaps even make her ill. It is up to the ascending individual then to establish the appropriate boundaries to make sure that this doesn't happen. Perhaps such boundaries will include a very limited visit, or staying in a hotel rather than her Mother's home, or perhaps not going at all. In any case, it is through the proper setting of boundaries that the ascending individual learns to protect themselves from the unconscious harmfulness of others in such a manner that they do not create difficult experiences or accidents in their life experience. (Lady Rize and Lady Agape through Karen Danrich "Mila") www.ascendpress.org

Many people want to change the world, but far too few will change themselves. (Dean Fraser)

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. (John Burroughs, 1837-1921 American Naturalist Author)

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him - it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy. (Wayne Dyer, 1940 American Psychotherapist Author Lecturer)

Forgiveness means that you do not hold others responsible for your experiences. (Gary Zukav)

Shed the energies of all the woundedness, all of the resentments, and forgive everyone, however, do realize that no-one needs forgiving as there really has been nothing done to you except a chance to learn something... (Amma through Cathy Chapman) - www.OdysseyToWholeness.com (Source: Sedona Journal of Emergence - January 2004) - www.sedonajournal.com

Forgiveness is the flower's fragrance that clings to the heel of the shoe that has crushed it. (Unknown)

Forgiving's a choice you make - a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away. (Lulene McDaniel)

True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment. (David Ridge)

We forgive to the extent that we love. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. (Thomas a Kempis)

Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior. (Mark Victor Hansen)

The love you withhold is the pain you carry. (The Andromedansl)

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget the lessons learnt from the experience. (Thomas Szasz, 1920 American Psychiatrist)

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently. (Zig Ziglar)

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. (Paul Boese)

Don’t carry a grudge. While you’re carrying the grudge, the other guy’s out dancing. (Buddy Hackett)

Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels. (G. H. Lewis)

The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. (Joan Didion)

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. (Old Indian Saying)

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. (Leonardo da Vinci)

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control. (Wess Roberts)

Your failures won't hurt you until you start blaming them on others. (Unknown)

A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him. (Elmer G. Letterman)

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. (Don Shula, American Football Coach)

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 British Poet Critic Translator)

To hate fatigues. (Jean Rostand, 1894-1977 French Biologist Writer)

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. (Epictetus, 50-120 Stoic Philosopher)

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 American Poet Essayist)

There's no one to stop you but yourself. (David Thomas, American Businessman Founder of Wendy's Restaurants)

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. (Henri Frederic Amiel, 1821-1881 Swiss Philosopher Poet Critic)

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim - improve yourself. (Gilbert Arland)

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses. (H. V. Adolt)

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. (George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 Irish-born British Dramatist)

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions. (John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 Thirty-fifth President of the USA)

Whenever you're blaming someone or something else, you're not recognizing any of your own personal power. (Dean Fraser)

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self. (William James, 1842-1910 American Psychologist Professor Author)

When you blame others about the state of your life, you set up the disempowering belief that external influences have control over how you live your life, and the consequence of such a belief is the creation of fear. (Dean Fraser)

When we "point the finger" at another there is always three fingers pointing back at us. (Unknown)