"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
“Don’t waste time in your life trying to get even with your enemies. The grave is a tremendous equalizer. Six weeks after you all are dead, you’ll look pretty much the same. Let the Lord take care of those whom you think have harmed you. All you have to do is love and forgive. Try to forget and leave all else to the Master.”
– Mother Angelica
A brother who was hurt by another brother went to the Theban Sisois and said, “I want to get back at a brother who has hurt me.”
The hermit begged him, “Don’t do that, my son, leave vengeance in the hands of God.”
But he said, “I can’t rest till I get my own back.”
The hermit said, “My brother, let us pray.” He stood and said, “O God, we have no further need of your, for we can take vengeance by ourselves.”
The brother heard it and fell at the hermit’s feet, saying, “I won’t quarrel with my brother any longer; I beg you to forgive me.”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V