Quotes about Reconciliation

Forgive those who have hurt you.

prayer is in significant part about resolving conflict and rivalry. If people prayed seriously they would be reconciled.

But the reconciliation of the world to God cannot be described as an episode in history among others; it is a change in what historical agents may hope for, think about and pray about.

Prodigals are not limited in gender, race, age or color. They do have one thing in common: They have left home, and they are missed.

Four hundred years the white man has had his foot-long knife in the black man's back--and now the white man starts to wiggle the knife out, maybe six inches! The black man's supposed to be grateful? Why, if the white man jerked the knife out, it's still going to leave a scar!

Indeed, how can white society atone for enslaving, for raping, for unmanning, for otherwise brutalizing millions of human beings, for centuries? What atonement would the God of Justice demand for the robbery of the black people's labor, their lives, their true identities, their culture, their history--and even their human dignity?

Not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to strive to reduce him to his former disposition

Not to shrug off a friend's resentment—even unjustified resentment—but try to put things right.

God give me patience to reconcile with what I am not able to change. Give me strength to change what I can. And give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.

But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest. Maybe

Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest.

One day this terrible war will be over. The time will come when we'll be people again and not just Jews!