Quotes about Peace

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

Christian nonviolence must be embodied in a community that is an alternative to the world's violence.

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

Our lives are always safest, not when we have a good paying job or a big retirement account or when we live in the suburbs with a white picket fence, but when our lives are firmly placed in the hands of God.

The Holy Spirit has filled my heart too much for me to hold that grudge against you. Our God is too big for us to hate others.

By Christ's power, we forgive the person we're angry with.

Jesus promises in Psalm 23 that peace, victory, and freedom will come in the midst of problems, pain, and loss. That's how we develop an 'even though' kind of faith. We live by knowing that, in the midst of a broken world, God Almighty is with us.

Whatever we are battling, internally or externally, the table is right there in the middle of the trouble, at the epicenter of conflict.