Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A fifth point concerning nonviolent resistance is that it avoids not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. The nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate him.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with violence only multiplies voilence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
She had thought his eyes were cold before. Now they turned to chips of ice. At least the ghosts had gone, replaced by cold confidence. She knew going to war had cost her terribly. Was it possible not going to war could coat a man something?
— Mary Connealy
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family does too.
— Anonymous
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.
— Anonymous
An open heart has greater power than a clenched fist.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Raise your thoughts, not your fists.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
— Maya Angelou
Kushner, in fact, now believed Bannon would do anything to destroy them. This was personal. After months of defending Bannon against liberal media innuendo, Kushner had concluded that Bannon was an anti-Semite. That was the bottom-line issue.
— Michael Wolff