Forgiveness is not a feeling – its a decision we make because we want to do whats right before God. Its a quality decision that wont be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense. – Joyce Meyer
[See also] Forgiveness is the perfume which flowers give when trampled upon. – Quoted in The Sacred Circle, VolumeI, edited by Judge Edmonds, Dr. Dexter, and O
Power and violence are opposites where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in powers disappearance. – Hannah Arendt
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with ones own understanding of how to understand the world. – Peter Davison
That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike