Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
There are no options here: Jesus calls his followers to be people of reconciliation. In fact, he warns his followers of final destruction if they walk away from that path.
— Scot McKnight
All of us were mischievous at some time or another, I more so than any of the rest. [My brother] Philbert and I kept a battle going. ... Even in our fighting, there was a feeling of brotherly union.
— Malcolm X
Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
— Abraham Lincoln
Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?
— Amy Grant
We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, Al Qaeda-style attacks, to the encouragement of lone wolves: Fort Hood, Chattanooga. To the encouragement of people to act on their own.
— Barack Obama
Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.
— Albert Einstein
Peace, that glorious moment in time when everyone stops and reloads.
— Thomas Jefferson
The Bible tells us there will be a time for peace. But, so far in this century, mankind has failed to find it.
— Ronald Reagan
The end of war begins with people who believe that another world is possible and that another empire has already interrupted time and space and is taking over this earth with the dreams of God.
— Shane Claiborne
My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Any time you put too many sparks around a powder keg, the thing is going to explode, and if the things that explodes is still inside the house, then the house will be destroyed.
— Malcolm X
Where there is peace, there cannot be chaos; the two cannot coexist at the same time.
— Marianne Williamson