The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose. Theophan the Recluse
Endure and there will be peace. If you begin to return evil for evil, and peace will leave you, and God will leave you. Anatoly of Optina
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong". Sydney J. Harris
Who accepts nothing has nothing to return. German Proverb
It's better to return from the centre of the ford than drown in the flood. Irish Proverb
To travel is to see, to return is to talk. African Proverb