Apology is the most courageous gesture we can make to ourselves.

Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.

An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.

No apology is equal to the task set before it.

Apology is the practice of extending ourselves because we value the relationship more than we value the need to be right.

Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together.

When we apologize we end our struggle with history.