Contemporary culture puts a premium on revenge. Retaliation is portrayed as a mark of strength, a sign of equality, and a way to exact our due. Yet the truth is just the opposite. Only the brave can forgive from the heart. "I would ask every one of you when you receive an affront or an unkind word or an unkind act from anybody, repeat your mantram and ask God to bless that person. It may not help that person, but it will certainly help you," Sri Easwaran said.
— Dolores Wood, How To End Suffering