Quotes about Reconciliation
The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.
— Frederick Buechner
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
— Desmond Tutu
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
— Nelson Mandela
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten—a principle that applies to nations as well as individuals.
— Philip Yancey
So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
— 2 Samuel 14:33
On your very worst, most rebellious, and most faithless day, you can run into the holy presence of your heavenly Father and he will not turn you away.
— Paul David Tripp
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
— John Henry Newman
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
— Genesis 42:8
This formation of man from soft clay, and of woman from a hard bone, also illustrated why man was so much more easily reconcilable than woman.
— Alfred Edersheim
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
— Genesis 43:13
How carefully would I atone, if I might, for the time I have lost!
— Thomas Becket