Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
Interpretation
Holding onto past grievances diminishes your worth and prevents personal growth.
This quote highlights the detrimental effects of harboring grudges and seeking revenge. It suggests that continually measuring one's worth against past conflicts or comparing oneself to others leads to a lesser version of oneself, inhibiting personal development and emotional well-being.
In practice
During a discussion on personal growth, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of letting go of past grievances.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
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The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
My greatness does not extend to this shelf.
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.
Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally.
If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.
The only way to know is to Live, Learn, and Grow
I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.
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