Quotes About Reconciliation

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?

So when he saw his shirt rent from behind, he said: Surely it is a guile of you women; surely your guile is great: O Yusuf! turn aside from this; and (O my wife)! ask forgiveness for your fault, surely you are one of the wrong-doers.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

Forgiveness means letting go of the past.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Forgiveness is a funny thing, it warms the hearts and cools the sting.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Your healing process begins when you FORGIVE those who have wronged you, LOVE those who hate you, and PRAY for those who prey on you.

The pratice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world

Forgiveness is a sign of letting go and when you forgive someone that hurts you, you take away their power.

You will know that forgiveness and healing has begun when you recall those who have hurt you and feel the power to wish them well and pray for them.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.

If I could change one thing, it would be whatever is keeping us apart.

The saddest thing about burning a bridge is realizing that you can never get back to the beautiful place it used to take you.