Quotes About Reconciliation

Old women are more reconciled to death than old men. By bringing life to the world, we come to see ourselves as debtors. What's given is taken.

Detached forgiveness—there is a reduction in negative feelings toward the offender, but no reconciliation takes place. Limited forgiveness—there is a reduction in negative feelings toward the offender, and the relationship is partially restored, though there is a decrease in the emotional intensity of the relationship. Full forgiveness—there is a total cessation of negative feelings toward the offender, and the relationship is fully restored.

The ultimate proof of total forgiveness takes place when we sincerely petition the Father to let those who have hurt us off the hook—even if they have hurt not only us, but also those close to us.

nine out of ten people I have had to forgive sincerely do not feel they have done anything wrong. It is up to me to forgive them from my heart – and then keep quiet about it.

She was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before.

He held out the hand that wasn't holding up the blankets, palm out. 'OK,' he said. 'OK, think, Collins, think - yeah, OK, this is awkward, and I'm really sorry, because I'm sure you're really - Oh, man. What the hell did I do? Was there drinking? There must have been drinking.

And without forgiveness, there is never any peace.

And without forgivness, there is never any peace.I tell you this from the distance of many centuries. My son gave his life. I won't reply to his gift with anger, not even for those who took him from me. Those same poor, sad people will wake up tomorrow grieving their own losses, I think, if they survie at all. How can hating them heal me?

Without forgiveness there is never any peace… My son gave his life. I wont reply to his gift with anger, not even for those who took it from me… How can hating them heal me?

Driver, can you tell him that I'm sorry? I wasn't supposed to be like this. I swear.

I haven't been able to reach her. And if I can't reach her, there's no way to keep her from being lost.

Sixtina Tú mi vida, esta noche me has borrado del corazón y hasta del pensamiento, y tal vez, sin saberlo, me has negado dándome por perdido ya en el viento. Más luego, vida, vi cómo llorabas, entre mis brazos y que me besabas.

I ran out of the apartment in a rage. Mahmud followed me, and we walked home, not speaking. Shortly before we reached the door to the house, he grabbed hold of me. You're my friend, even if you've hurt me, he said. I embraced him and asked his forgiveness.

We ceaselessly examine the bits of wreckage in the surf, as though we can put the past together again, but that's just torturing ourselves.

forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves.

The thing I've learned - and trust me, I'm no expert- is that forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves

Forgiveness is hard, and most people tend to hold on to their hurts, to take some kind of perverse satisfaction in them.

John F. Kennedy is reported to have said that we can forgive our enemies but we shouldn't forget their names.

Temos de nos reconciliar com os obstáculos que não conseguimos derrubar. Admitir que fazem parte de algo que não foi desenhado por nós e que nem sempre podemos alterar.

Nada hay tan difícil de perdonar como el mérito.

Resolving conflict also requires forgiveness—giving up the right to punish the one who has wronged you. This is the miracle of the Christian life—that we can heal our relationships with others in the same way Christ healed our relationship with Him—through forgiveness.

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Renewing a relationship is a creative act. We make a new relationship. It is possible to build a new relationship regardless of the realities of the old relationship.

I would like to share with you two simple truths: there is nothing that cannot be forgiven, and there is no one un-deserving of forgiveness.