Quotes About Reconciliation

Much of my work in this period was concerned with exploring the logic of economic models, but also with attempting to reconcile the models with everyday observation.

I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.

Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.

It is certainly a greater and more wonderful work to change the minds of enemies, bringing about a change of soul, than to kill them.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others. We cannot destroy our neighours! We cannot ignore their interests!

I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.

The Iraqi government and most Iraqis understand that they have to bring back the Sunni Arab 20, 25 percent of the population. It won't work with these Shia militias running amok in these areas.

Advice: Don't wait until someone you have issues with — especially someone you're related to — gets shot before you work it out.

Occasionally [Donald Trump] says things that are too strong and upsets people, and I think he'll work to do better on that.

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.

You know, for a long time I became almost atheist. I believed in nothing. And it was tough for me to believe in anything at all because I had believed so strongly. And I divorced myself of spirituality, I think.

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.

I always struggled with the idea of forgiving my enemies.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.

The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.

When I was at my most outrageous and destructive, I alienated almost everybody.

I'm pretty sure we've all had a situation where a certain ex or person finds their way back in your life. I've realized that it's not about dwelling over it and overthinking.

If you're lucky like me, your relationship with your brother has resolved itself on the peaceful side of the fence and has stayed there. But if you're someone who's got a family that's all fractured and finding it hard to relate, that's a very sad place to be.

One moral of this little story might be that once you've burned a bridge with lies, it may be that nothing short of divine intervention can rebuild the relationship and create a positive result.

Anyone who started a quarrel had to atone for it by buying a dish of coffee for everyone present.