Immaculee Ilibagiza Quotes

The message of Jesus is summed up partly in the Sermon on the Mount, and partly when he begins his ministry and quotes the passage from Isaiah: 'I have come to set free the prisoners and restore sight to the blind.' And certainly, his mission is also to bring hope. It was to heal people, to befriend the outcast.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

Jesus Christ opposed with earnest eloquence the panic fears and hateful superstitions which have enslaved mankind for ages. Nations had risen against nations, employing the subtlest devices of mechanism and mind to waste, and excruciate, and overthrow. The great community of mankind had been subdivided into ten thousand communities, each organized for the ruin of the other. Wheel within wheel, the vast machine was instinct with the restless spirit of desolation.

Forgiveness has an uncanny way of bringing incredible good out of incredibly bad situations.

Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.

It's not anti-Catholic to question, nor is it anti-Catholic to be honest about the previous shortcomings of the church, because that is the only way we can ensure its strength and dignity moving forward. It is, however, very Catholic to forgive each other and to never stop loving each other.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the cross of Christ, war has been abolished.

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

Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.

There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

With our love, we could save the world.

There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that's here.

I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.

If war illuminates love, love offers the possibility of allowing some light to be brought back out of the shadows. It's almost as if they buttress and make possible an understanding of each other.

You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life.

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it's a personal life or a national life.