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Quotes About Reconciliation

Our arses should be signs of peace!
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quando si strappano tutte le fibre della civiltà è un lavoro lento quello di ricucirle insieme. Vede quei bambini per la strada che vanno a scuola? La pace è nelle loro mani. Se a scuola viene loro insegnato che la guerra è il più odioso flagello cui possa anda soggetta l'umanità, che imbratta e deforma ogni amabile occupazione dello spirito mortale, allora si potrà avere qualche speranza per il futuro.
~ Christopher Morley
No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done, so I've got a long road. But I'll know I'll see you again, this side or the other.
~ Chuck Hogan
Ellen could have killed me," Jack said quietly, "but she didn't. She saved my life." "How come?" Fitch demanded. "After all this?" Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. "Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before," she mumbled.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
The girl must be looking for another hot-fudge shower," Ellen said. Then she, too, advanced on Leesha.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
Kalau engkau membenci seseorang, tentu engkau akan mencintai orang yang menendangnya pergi.
~ Cindy Adams
Dunia Barat, mengapa kalian tidak pernah bisa menunjukkan simpati kalian kepada kami? Menunjukkan bahwa kalian sedikit menyukai kami? Kenapa kalian menendang tulang kering kani dan bukan menepuk bahu kami ... sekali saja?!
~ Cindy Adams
Which is your bad shoulder?" His brows knit together. "The left," he said carefully. She slugged him in the right. He staggered. Steadied himself. Grinned. "Is that like some weird Wyoming mating ritual thing I should know about?" "Damn you," she cried, flying into his arms. Finally. "Damn you, damn you, damn you!" He wrapped his arms around her, held her tight. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was such a coward.
~ Cindy Gerard
Church existed because of love and forgiveness, not because of man's accusations and disapproval.
~ Unknown
Therese looked in vain, even for the dangling string. "Why did you do it?" Her voice was shrill with tears. "It was such a beautiful kite!" "It's only a kite!" Richard repeated. "I can make another kite!
~ Claire Morgan
Please forgive my appearance. I am lately come from setting a house on fire.
~ Unknown
God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son.
~ Clarence Jordan
One day, when Mr. Lincoln was advocating binding up the wounds of the nation, forgiveness, and reconciliation, Thaddeus Stevens pounded the table and said, "Mr. Lincoln, I think enemies ought to be destroyed!" Mr. Lincoln quietly said, "Mr. Stevens, do I not destroy my enemy when I make him my friend?
~ Clarence Jordan
So she repented. Since she wasn't quite sure for what, she repented entirely and for everything.
~ Clarice Lispector
How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Como su hija, que ni me conocía, su hija que no se atrevió a ser madre pero dispuso de mi cuerpo como si fuera de ella, así como hoy usted, que no vino a saldar una deuda sino a cometer el mismo delito, veinte años después. La mira y repite, usted vino a usar mi cuerpo.
~ Unknown
The right word at the right time stops wars, cures heartaches, mends bridges, sweeps away barriers. The wrong word is the dropped match that lights a forest fire. 
~ Clifford Thurlow
A young boy was sitting on a pew inside a church when he was approached and asked by a homeless lady, Where are your parents?. The boy said, They will be here today... remarrying after 10 years of separation.
~ Unknown
Do not turn your back on those who have misjudged you for no good reasons. If you cannot love them back for being so cruel and mean, send them a note of gratitude to let them feel your expression of humility.
~ Unknown
The world of politics is like the four seasons of warmth, hatred, reconciliation and remorse. The fifth season is recycling.
~ Unknown
Deep, choking sobs that sounded like his soul was being torn apart. He clutched at his father and Max took his in his arms. "I am so sorry dad." Kyle sobbed. "And I forgive you because that is what fahters do" said Max
~ Unknown
The cross of Christ divides history into two parts — the preparation for and the accomplishment of reconciliation;
~ Herman Bavinck
Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is the question of whether this would be a wise thing to do. Marginal costs of additional growth in rich countries, such as global warming, biodiversity loss and roadways choked with cars, now likely exceed marginal benefits of a little extra consumption. The end result is that promoting further economic growth makes us poorer, not richer.
~ Herman E. Daly
After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.
~ Herodotus