Quotes about Reconciliation

The wrong to the Negro is temporary, but to the morals of the white man the injury is permanent.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

All ye nations, clap your hands: sing in jubilee to the glorious Virgin. For she is the gate of life, the door of salvation, and the way of our reconciliation. The hope of the penitent: the comfort of those that weep: the blessed peace of hearts, and their salvation. Have mercy on me, O Lady, have mercy on me: for thou art the light and the hope of all who trust in thee. By thy salutary fecundity let it please thee: that pardon of my sins may be granted unto me.

Have mercy on me, O Lady: for thou art called the Mother of Mercy. And according to thy mercy: cleanse me from all my iniquities. Pour forth thy grace upon me: and withdraw not from me thine accustomed clemency. For I will confess my sins to thee: and I will accuse myself of all my crimes before thee. Reconcile me to the Fruit of thy womb: and make peace for me with Him who has created me.

There is, then, a wicked mediator, who separates friends, and a good Mediator, who reconciles enemies.

Incomprehensible and immutable is the love wherewith God loves. He did not begin to love us only on the day we were reconciled to Him by the blood of His Son; He loved us before the world was made, that we too might become His sons together with His Only-begotten Son, long before we had any existence....

I have sinned against my brother the ass.

Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence.

When the truth emerges, then we reconcile ourselves to truth and unity and in charity or in love.

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.

There can be no healing without truth.

I may have taken someone through the wringer psychologically, but I've never been sinister.