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"Hope is the horizon of forgiveness and
reconciliation, for it is grounded in making the
impossible possible..."
GERALDINE SMYTH
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"Forgiveness is not a failure, it is not a defeat, but
rather a great victory over oneself, it is a journey of
humanization of oneself and the enemy..."
ENZO BIANCHI
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“Never, never be afraid to do what is right.
Society’s punishments are small compared to the
wounds we inflict on our souls when we look away..."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
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"When women gather, great things will happen..."
LEYMAH GBOWEE
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"We must explore the possibilities of love, empathy
and public compassion being fashioned into
instruments of social and political resistance,
justice and, indeed, social transformation...”
HARSH MANDER
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"The desire for dignity is universal and powerful.
It is a motivating force behind all human interaction."
DONNA HICKS
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“You cannot practice nonviolence
without listening to the other side’s narrative.
But first you have to give up being the victim.
When you do that, no one will be able to victimize you again...”
ALI ABU AWWAD
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"Forgiveness in a political context is action that joins
moral truth, forbearance, empathy and commitment
to repair a fractured human relation…”
DONALD W. SHRIVER JR.
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“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives.
We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.”
IZZELDIN ABUELAISH
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"Forgiving… is the only reaction which does not
merely re-act but acts anew and unexpectedly,
unconditioned by the act which provoked it
and therefore freeing from its consequences
both the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven..."
HANNAH ARENDT
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"“Forgiveness is a moral repairing of identity,
it’s the water erasing the stain of guilt
and dousing the fire of resentment..."
Rav RICCARDO DI SEGNI
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Liberty and choice are the essential components
that constitute human dignity..."
KHALED ABOU EL FADL