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• Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes our resistance and nonviolence truly meaningful. That element is reconciliation. Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Meaningful, Struggle, Beloved Community

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• Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

  Corazon Aquino

  Peace, Justice For All, Diversity

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• The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in effecting reconciliation.

  R. Kent Hughes

  God Love, Crosses, Length

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• Reconciliation always brings a springtime to the soul.

  Brother Roger

  Faith, Inspiration, Soul

  Brother Roger (2007). “Glimmers of Happiness”, p.128, GIA Publications

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• Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Mistake, Doe, Holiness

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• Reconciliation is the fastest way to change your life.

  Mark Hart

  Way, Changing Your Life

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• How I wish that all men and women of good will would look to the Cross if only for a moment! There, we can see God’s reply: violence is not answered with violence, death is not answered with the language of death. In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue, and peace is spoken.

  Pope Francis

  Men, Silence, Wish

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• The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.

  M. Scott Peck

  Wall, Communication, Purpose

  M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• Reconciliation is a deep practice that we can do with our listening and our mindful speech. To reconcile means to bring peace and happiness to nations, people, and members of our family.... In order to reconcile, you have to possess the art of deep listening.

  Nhat Hanh

  Art, Mean, Order

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “For a Future to Be Possible: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.56, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ from others, but when we are the same. Indeed the main spiritual question is not, "What difference do you make?" but "What do you have in common?" It is not "excelling" but "serving" that makes us most human. It is not proving ourselves to be better than others but confessing to be just like others that is the way to healing and reconciliation.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Healing, Mean

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• Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Important, Individual

  "Interview: Philip Yancey on U.S. Christianity, Faith That Matters". Interview with Lillian Kwon, www.christianpost.com. October 2, 2010.

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• To celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation means to be wrapped in a warm embrace.

  Pope Francis

  Mean, Celebrate, Embrace

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• We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

  Roy Barnes

  Jobs, Fighting, Voice

  "Governor Barnes Addresses Georgia Senate on Flag Issue". www.cnn.com. January 30, 2001.

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• Although the church accomplishes many tasks, its only message to the world is the gospel of Christ. Everything else we do is merely an extension of that primary goal. The gospel we offer the lost is superior to every worldly philosophy. Never outdated or in need of correction, it is always sufficient to meet humanity's greatest need: reconciliation with the Creator.

  Charles Stanley

  Philosophy, Goal, Humanity

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• The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

  Shane Claiborne

  Community, Restoration, Politician

  Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.184, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future.

  Desmond Tutu

  Forgiveness, Spiritual, Real

  "The Truth About Forgiveness" by Wendy Strgar, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2010.

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• The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

  Nhat Hanh

  Forgiveness, Peace, Practice

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.36, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Morning, Memories, Together

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• Reconciliation is not possible when one party asks the other to obliterate all signs of their relationship.

  Mallory Ortberg

  Party, Asks

  Source: www.slate.com

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• You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

  Bryan Stevenson

  People, Demand, Want

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Forget, forgive; conclude, and be agreed.

  William Shakespeare

  Forgiving, Forget

  William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.194, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

  Owen Feltham

  Enemy, Victory, Poison

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• The term ‘reconciliation’ describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself.

  Geerhardus Vos

  Atonement, Initiative, Term

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• When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at solutions through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided victory is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Victory, Today

  "Open Heart: Practising Compassion in Everyday Life". Book by Dalai Lama, p. 13, September 5, 2002.

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• The method of nonviolence seeks not to humiliate and not to defeat the oppressor, but it seeks to win his friendship and his understanding. And thereby and therefore the aftermath of this method is reconciliation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Winning, Understanding, Aftermath

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