Put aside your hatred and animosity. Take pains to refrain from sharp words. If they escape your lips, do not be ashamed to let your lips produce the remedy, since they have caused the wounds. Pardon one another so that later on you will not remember the injury. The recollection of an injury is itself wrong. It adds to our anger, nurtures our sin and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight.
Reminders:
“If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him—lest there be two bad men.” St. Augustine
“What men need is not to crush and kill their powers, but to find their true use and to use them.” Fr. Basil Maturin
He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. Proverbs 21:23
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven, and you upon earth; therefore let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as have fallen by the tongue. Sirach 28:18
Love does not brood over injury. 1 Corinthians 13:4