Quotes about Peace
With the birth of Jesus, the great kingdom of peace has begun.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Is it not a miracle that where Jesus has really become Lord over people, peace reigns?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We are not to forget but to overcome. That happens through gratitude. We are not supposed to solve the unsolved puzzle of the past and fall into tortuous brooding, but to let even the incomprehensible stand and return it peacefully to God's hand. This happens through humility. "He has done everything well.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Are you afraid of God's wrath? Then go to the child in the manger and receive there the peace of God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From this it follows that the Body of Christ is the place of acceptance, the place of atonement and peace between God and man. God finds man in the Body of Christ, and man finds himself accepted by God in that same body.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When a man gets angry with his brother and swears at him, when he publicly insults or slanders him, he is guilty of murder and forfeits his relation to God. He erects a barrier not only between himself and his brother, but also between himself and God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed with besetting concerns for the day's work. At the threshold of the new day stands the Lord who made it.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One is less lonely when one is alone.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The more our life is permeated by God, the simpler it becomes. This simplicity is defined by the inward unity which our life assumes because we no longer seek for any but one end: God. No
— Dietrich von Hildebrand
Everything was perfect. I sensed that I knew everything and had no questions to ask.
— Don Piper
I want to experience everything heaven offers, but most of all, I want to hear those never-ending songs again.
— Don Piper
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
— Don Piper