Amos Oz Quotes

Their pain [the injurer's pain at having injured you] and your pain create the point and counterpoint for the rhythm of reconciliation. When the beat of their pain is a response to the beat of yours, they have become truthful in their feelings...they have moved a step closer to a truthful reunion.

Words are extremely powerful. They have the power to hurt and they have the power to heal. They can help heal the racial divide that still exists in our country. It’s going to take people on all sides of the issue to come together and discuss it.

Many people have trouble with forgiveness because they have been taught it is a singular act to be completed in one sitting. That is not so. Forgiveness has many layers, many seasons.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you're talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

Love without conversation is impossible.

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

The power of forgiveness transcends personal relationships.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.