Forgive those who have hurt you.

prayer is in significant part about resolving conflict and rivalry. If people prayed seriously they would be reconciled.

The Eucharist is our symbol of what it would mean for the Lord's Prayer to be answered fully: God feeding his people through the death and resurrection of Jesus, which establishes that new community of the Spirit in which forgiveness is the common currency.

It is a foolish woman who expects her husband to be to her that which only Jesus Christ Himself can be: always ready to forgive, totally understanding, unendingly patient, invariably tender and loving, unfailing in every area, anticipating every need, and making more than adequate provision. Such expectations put a man under an impossible strain

A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.

Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

A prudent governor will not roughly oppose even the superstitions of his people; and though he may wish that they were wiser, he will know that he cannot make them so by offending their prejudices.

Love all people, including those who do wrong. They may be acting unintentionally, out of ignorance. Even if they are acting intentionally, they can't harm you—that is, they can't make you a worse person than before. Only you can harm yourself, by fanning the flames of hatred and resentment. When someone wrongs you, identify the mistaken ideas that motivated their behavior. Then, instead of being angry, you'll pity them.

Not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to strive to reduce him to his former disposition

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.

Not to shrug off a friend's resentment—even unjustified resentment—but try to put things right.