Quotes about Brotherhood
The disciples are not to judge. If they do so, they will themselves be judged by God. The sword wherewith they judge their brethren will fall upon their own heads. Instead of cutting themselves off from their brother as the just from the unjust, they find themselves cut off from Jesus.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There was a common proverb of old, "What is it to the Romans that the Greeks die?" So we think that our dangers and calamities only belong to ourselves. But how does this principle agree with the commandment of God? For his will is that we should all live together, and be to each other as brethren.
— Martin Luther
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
— Genesis 37:22
Then Joseph threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept as they embraced.
— Genesis 45:14
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
— Genesis 33:4
The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
— Albert Schweitzer
“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
— Hosea 2:1
My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
— 2 Samuel 23:25