Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

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

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

Irrespective of your partner's mistakes, love must hold you back in the relationship.

Love happens when people forgive.

Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

We must take our friends as they are.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.

To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

'Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.

If a guy does us wrong the week before, and he does something the next week where he makes an effort to make it right, then I pretty much will let that go. You don't forget about it, but just seeing that the guy makes an effort the next week means a lot.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.