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• May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.

  Pope Francis

  Strength, Peace, Children

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• The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Divorce, Funny Divorce, Worst

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• If we meet and I say, "Hi," That's a salutation. If you ask me how I feel, That's a consideration. If we stop and talk awhile, That's a conversation. If we understand each other, That's communication. If we argue, scream and fight, That's an altercation. If later we apologize, That's a reconciliation. If we help each other home, That's cooperation. And all these ations added up Make civilization. (And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?)

  Shel Silverstein

  Communication, Home, Fighting

  Shel Silverstein, “Ations”

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• Don't forget that in the midst of all your pain and heartache, you are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness.

  William P. Young

  Art, Laughter, Pain

  "The Shack". Book by William P. Young, May 2007.

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• I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. I believe that divine love, incarnate and indwelling in the world, summons the world always toward wholeness, which ultimately is reconciliation and atonement with God.

  Wendell Berry

  Believe, World, God Love

  Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stanley, David Loy, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim (2013). “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”, p.77, The Golden Sufi Center

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• Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it come quiet thoughts and quickened memories. And what else shall a man do except become reconciled? What purpose does he serve by fighting what he cannot touch or by brooding upon what he cannot change?

  Richard L. Evans

  Peace, Memories, Fighting

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• You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.

  Rubin Carter

  Enemy, Gains

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• Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.

  Alice Munro

  Peace, Kindness, Moments

  FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Jan 11, 2011

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• How many a knot of mystery and misunderstanding would be untied by one word spoken in simple and confiding truth of heart! How many a solitary place would be made glad if love were there, and how many a dark dwelling would be filled with light!

  Orville Dewey

  Heart, Dark, Simple

  Orville Dewey (1841). “Discourses on Human Life”, p.158

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• I write about reconciliation, but not as a miracle, as a slow, gradual process of mutual discovery - discovering one another.

  Amos Oz

  Writing, Discovery, Miracle

  "'Everybody comes from somewhere.' An Interview with Writer Amos Oz". Interview with Prashanth Ramakrishna, logger.believermag.com. October 20, 2016.

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• Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.

  Paul Kagame

  Hard Work, Europe, Example

  "We Are Far from Exhausting Our Potential". Interview with Horand Knaup, www.spiegel.de. July 6, 2010.

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• Do I take the Gospel message of reconciliation and love into the places where I live and work?

  Pope Francis

  And Love, Messages

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• Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Foundation, Theologian

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• Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  War, Enemy, Desire

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• In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

  Stefan Zweig

  Fleeting, Moments, Reason

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• When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Healing, Heart

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Happiness (EasyRead Edition)”, p.95, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can.

  Jackie Huggins

  Thinking, Essence, Australia

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• In Christ alone, and His payment of the penalty for our sins upon the Cross, we find reconciliation to God and ultimate meaning and purpose.

  Dave Hunt

  Purpose, Sin, Christ

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• I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Understanding, Holes

  The New York Times, September 12, 1974.

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• All religions remind us that actions have consequences for which guilt can and must be acknowledged, forgiveness humbly begged, reconciliation sought.

  Kenneth L. Woodward

  Actions Have Consequences, Guilt, Action

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• If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for strength to forgive. This expression of desire will be of the very substance of your repentance. It may not be easy, and it may not come quickly. But if you will seek it with sincerity and cultivate it, it will come. And even though he whom you have forgiven continues to pursue and threaten you, you will know you have done what you could to effect a reconciliation. There will come into your heart a peace otherwise unattainable.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Forgiveness, Heart, Expression

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• Those who love, friends and lovers, know that love is not only a blinding flash, but also a long and painful struggle in the darkness for the realization of definitive recognition and reconciliation.

  Albert Camus

  Struggle, Love Is, Long

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• There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, War, Differences

  Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.141, Three Rivers Press

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• God wants us to relieve suffering, pursue justice, facilitate reconciliation, and free the heart to love, but He desires for us to do so in a way that reveals His Character. It is not enough just to do well for others or to do things well. We must do well in our unique way in order to reveal the vast creativity of a God who loves to bring change through the most unlikely channels.

  Dan B. Allender

  Character, Heart, Creativity

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• Atonement is a journey of healing that moves from the pain between a victim and an oppressor, through forgiveness, the making of amends, the relief of anger and compassion for the victim, to deep reconciliation.

  Phil Cousineau

  Pain, Moving, Healing

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