Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
there is no path to peace, but peace itself is the path.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.
— Albert Einstein
If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
— Harry S. Truman
I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
— Mother Teresa
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world.
— Pope Francis
One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.
— Shane Claiborne
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.
— Pope Francis
If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.
— Victor Hugo
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.
— St. Thomas Aquinas