Often times we reach out to people who would rather not be reached. We love people who reject our love and would just as soon spit in our face, but Jesus asks us to go on loving--go on reaching. It's easy to love someone when they love us, but so much harder to love when we are treated poorly by that person.

So yeah, maybe this will be the rest of our lives. Pot roast and Diet Cokes and my parents making eyes at each other. As for those slaps and punches and hateful words, we'll just sweep those under the rug or wherever they can go.

Because when a team recovers from an incident of destructive conflict, it builds confidence that it can survive such an event, which in turn builds trust.

Tell the kind truth.

And they don't worry about whether the potential client will take advantage of their generosity; they know that for every client that does, nine others will appreciate their generosity and start to see themselves as a client even before they formally decide to become one.

Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.

Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

To injure your opponent is to injure yourself.

Friendship never forgets that its only reason for existing is to love other people.

When you forgive, the person who insulted you feels humbled in his error and becomes loyal.

It was so good that I can see love in everything, even in the eyes of a schizophrenic.