Quotes related to Romans 12:18
God is the ultimate nonviolent one, so we dare not accept any theory of salvation that is based on violence, exclusion, social pressure, or moral coercion.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The offended ones feel the need to offend back those who they think have offended them, creating defensiveness on the part of the presumed offenders, which often becomes a new offensive—ad infinitum. There seems to be no way out of this self-defeating and violent Ping-Pong game—except growing up spiritually.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
It were a good strife amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.
— Richard Sibbes
You can use your time to build bridges or walls.The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness.
— Rick Warren
Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart.
— Rick Warren
Imagine if you were asked by your country to be an ambassador to an enemy nation. You would probably have to learn a new language and adapt to some customs and cultural differences in order to be polite and accomplish your mission. As an ambassador you would not be able to isolate yourself from the enemy. To fulfill your mission, you would have to have contact and relate to them.
— Rick Warren
We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer.
— Athanasius of Alexandria
Let us pray for peace: peace in the world and in each of our hearts.
— Pope Francis
My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.
— Jimmy Carter
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt