Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere.

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others." "happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. I feel very diminished happiness if it is something I enjoy myself.

Being formed into a nation takes some doing.

Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack.