There are times when, with apparent sincerity, a man asks forgiveness of his brother after some discord between them or for some quarrel which has arisen, and yet after the reconciliation he still remains troubled and has hard thoughts against his brother. He ought not to dwell on such thoughts but to cut them off immediately, for this is remembering evil. It needs much self control not to prolong such thoughts and fall into danger.
+St. Dorotheos of Gaza, from Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and Sayings, chapter 8 On Rancor or Animosity.
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