Quotes related to Matthew 5:9
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
— Martin Luther
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
— Pope John Paul II
Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
— Oscar Romero
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
— Wayne Dyer
That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace.
— Wayne Dyer
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.
— David O. McKay
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.
— Abbie Hoffman
When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.
— Thomas Merton
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
— Jimmy Carter
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace, by uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding on to it, by opening paths to dialogue and not by constructing new walls!
— Pope Francis