Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
What agreement is there between the hyena and the dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?BibleEcclus,xiii. 18.2.
— Samuel Johnson
Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors.
— Elbert Hubbard
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
— Oscar Romero
PEACE is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
— Oscar Romero
As one who participated in all the wars of the state of Israel, I saw the horror of wars. I saw the fear of wars. I saw my best friends being killed in battles. I was seriously injured twice.
— Ariel Sharon
I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
— Muhammad Ali
When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.
— Hillary Clinton