Epictetus Quotes

I wish my brother well. We agree to disagree, but he is a good man. He is my brother.

A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

I don't believe revenge is part of my agenda. I'm a firm believer that, just like hate spreads hate, love and kindness spread love and kindness.

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether we kiss or we wound.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge.

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.

Jesus never mistreated anyone just because they mistreated Him. He confronted them in a spirit of gentleness and then continued to love them.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.