Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.
— Jimmy Carter
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
— William James
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
— Winston Churchill
Right is more precious than peace.
— Woodrow Wilson
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
— Woodrow Wilson
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
— David O. McKay
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
— David O. McKay
Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.
— David O. McKay
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
— Thomas a Kempis
Disgust at collective killing is of very recent date and should not be over-estimated. Today everyone takes part in public executions through the newspapers. Like everything else, however, it is more comfortable than it was. We sit peacefully at home and, out of a hundred details, can choose those to linger over which offer a special thrill. We only applaud when everything is over and there is no feeling of guilty connivance to spoil our pleasure.
— Elias Canetti
Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.
— Elie Wiesel
One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.
— Elie Wiesel