"Forgiving and being forgiven are two names..." - Quote by C S Lewis

“Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.”

“I have seen something like it happen in battle. A man was coming at me, I at him, to kill. Then came a sudden great gust of wind that wrapped out cloaks over our swords and almost over our eyes, so that we could do nothing to one another but must fight the wind itself. And that ridiculous contention, so foreign to the business we were on, set us both laughing, face to face - friends for a moment - and then at once enemies again and forever.”

“I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards.”

“Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.”

“Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?”

“Every offense is not a hate at first.”

“The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.”

“If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.”

“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.”