Quotes About Reconciliation

Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.

She thought of Jonah and regretted that she hadn't really forgiven him as she'd promised. Holding a grudge suddenly seemed so contrary to her own happiness, so pointless. What good was it? No good, because it kept them apart. She wished she could tell him she was finally ready to start over and make it work, to forgive Adriana, as well.

But you have to let go of the past first or you won't believe a word she says.

It is never too late to go quietly to our lakes, rivers, oceans, even our small streams, and say to the sea gulls, the great blue herons, the bald eagles, the salmon, that we are sorry.

But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

We believe that confession should lead to forgiveness and redemption. Usually, however, it leads only to further accusations.

Algunas personas piensan que no es posible perdonar. Están convencidas de que perdonar a otra persona es lo mismo que aprobar su conducta o tolerar lo malo o cruel que ha hecho. El perdón sólo tiene que ver contigo. Es un acto perfectamente egoísta. Al perdonar a la otra persona no lo liberas; te liberas.

ou can't go feeding your hate on the past, it's not natural.

To make amends" means to right the perceived wrong. What I call "living amends" is more far-reaching. It applies not only to one particular incident but to all future incidents of that kind.

I'm sorry I did this to you. It's all my fault. What can I do to make it right?

The cross was the centerpiece of Paul's theology. It wasn't merely one of Paul's messages; it was the message. He taught about other things as well, but whatever he taught was always derived from, and related to, the foundational reality that Jesus Christ died so that sinners would be reconciled to God and forgiven by God.

Forgiveness," Father Silvio repeated calmly. "It's what we all seek, most of us without even knowing it. Forgiveness for our sins, for our failures, for our shortcomings and mistakes. Forgiveness for things we have done … and for things we didn't do.

That was the wonderful thing about New York: Years of bad blood could be wiped out with a single gesture of friendliness.

I do kind of wish he had chosen another way to do it. But I'll take grace anywhere I can get it.

That's the trouble, you see. When you've had hatred on your tongue for such a long time, you don't know how to spit it out.

Daft Wullie had raised a finger. 'Point o' order, Rob,' he said, 'but it was a wee bittie hurtful there for you to say I dinna hae the brains of a beetle...' Rob hesitated, but only for a moment. 'Aye, Daft Wullie, ye are right in whut ye say. It was unricht o' me to say that. It was the heat o' the moment, an' I am full sorry for it. As I stand here before ye now, I will say: Daft Wullie, ye DO hae the brains o' a beetle, an' I'll fight any scunner who says different!

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

The world is already split open, and it is in our destiny to heal it, each in our own way, each in our own time, with the gifts that are ours.

Does he think it's so easy? One smile, one touch and all is forgiven -Dr Maura Isles

Domingo, your family needs you. Let me explain why I feel strongly that you must stay with them. I had a family once too that loved me. But I made a mistake. I was lured away by other things. When I realized they were what mattered, it was already too late.

I had decided the best way to breach our distance was to forget the past and start new.

Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us—our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states.

The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.

During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes within the circle of monks, i think they might also be of use in our households and in our society. The first practice is Face-to-Face-Sitting.