„By our enemies Jesus means those who are quite intractable and utterly unresponsive to our love.“

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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„I am certain that Jesus understood the difficulty inherent in the act of loving one's enemy. He never joined the ranks of those who talk glibly about the easiness of the moral life. He realized that every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. So when Jesus said "love your enemy," he was not unmindful of its stringent qualities. Yet he meant every word of it. Our responsibility as Christians is to discover the meaning of this command and seek passionately to live it out in our daily lives.“
— Jr.
„It is love that will save our world and our civilization, love even for enemies.“
— Jr.
„May we solemnly realize that we shall never be true sons of our heavenly Father until we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.“
— Jr.
„Forgiveness means reconciliation, a coming together again. Without this, no man can ever love his enemies. The degree to which we are able to forgive determines the degree to which we are able to love our enemies.“
— Jr.
„We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their object-relations.“
— Sigmund Freud
„It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.“
— Corrie ten Boom
„Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this command is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes, it is love that will save our world and our civilization, love even for enemies.“
— Jr.