We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

Of course, you've got to reckon with the burden of the past. You can't just easily dismiss it. It is a legacy and often you have to carry an albatross. And it won't happen until people are able to have a certain level of trust and try to speak to each other, not as caricatures but as people.

We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free

If you do not for give you actually are tying yourself to the perpetrator, that you are going to live your life as a victim. And you won't experience a liberation that comes from forgiving.

We can arrive at better solutions to any problem or pain together, than we can by ourselves. The beauty of the modern age is that you are able to source answers, and sometimes the genius is in the combination of ideas and energy that does not reside in only one person.

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.