An Open Hand

"It requires faith to act toward our God with an open hand, but surely He deserves it from us; and all that we can do is a very poor acknowledgment of our amazing indebtedness to His goodness."

- C. H. Spurgeon, Morning by Morning.

The Work of Reconciliation

"Under the conditions of pervasive noninnocence, the work of reconciliation should proceed under the assumption that, though the behavior of a person may be judged as deplorable, even demonic, no one should ever be excluded from the will to embrace, because, at the deepest level, the relationship to others does not rest on their moral performance and therefore cannot be undone by the lack of it."

- Miroslav Volf, Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.

Wisdom

"Wisdom, which is almost another name for humility, lies in accepting one's own inevitable share in human fallibility."

- Marilynne Robinson, "Imagination and Community."