Quotes About Reconciliation

A battle will not be fought, and blood will not be spilled

I give you this life for forgiveness. No death need ever be avenged. Forgiveness brings peace far more surely than vengeance.

I can forgive you, Bella, he thought. But I can't forget.

Some plants of the bitterest root have the whitest and sweetest blossoms; so the bitterest wrong has the sweetest repentance.

When we have heartily repented of a wrong, we should let all the waves of forgetfulness roll over it, and go forward unburdened to meet the future.

All true conflict should aim at peace.

Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

You look happy, Naughty. Have you and Nice made up yet?

Amazingly, she didn't seem to be holding on to anger or frustration about the past fifteen years. Instead, she had chosen to appreciate all they'd found and had to look forward to in the future.

Pike settled into the chair next to his father

Then he smiled at me and for that moment, and just that moment, I forgave him everything—everything—because now I knew what joy looked like and I was part of it.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

There shall be no love lost.

retribution [sic] for the wrongs I have committed.

Remember, forgiveness is freedom.

Abbiamo dei vecchi e dei nuovi conti da regolare: li regoleremo.

Bendito olvido, que es la moneda falsa del perdón, y corre de mano en mano produciendo admirables efectos!

I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am Yours, B. Franklin

Do good to your friends to keep them,to your enemies to win them.

Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.