30 Quotes About Peacemaking

Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man. Christine De Pizan

Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you. Aberjhani

Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. War is a time out of balance. When it is truly over, we must work to restore peace and sacred harmony once again. Joseph Bruchac

The service of humanity, is the service of God. Abhijit Naskar

Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us. Jean Vanier

Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words and stories, we too easily oppose one another. Dave DiGrazie

The purpose of karma yoga is to transcend the bondage of selfish genes through the service of others. Amit Ray

Peace is the foundation of yoga. Karma yoga is the effort for bringing peace and happiness in the world. Amit Ray

Cultivate blessing. Bless yourself. Bless the whole world. Let it be full with love, peace, joy and happiness. Amit Ray

Without hope we fail to exist. Lailah Gifty Akita

Embrace all people with love. Lailah Gifty Akita

The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule! Ana Claudia Antunes

Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in oursociety. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with theroots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. Weneed to embrace 'inner disarmament, ' reducing our own emotions ofsuspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters. Dalai Lama Xiv

Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults. Rasheed Ogunlaru

Our two peoples are sworn enemies, ” he whispered. “You would not do it.”“ Call me your enemy no more, ” Jan bade him, drawing nearer. “I grow weary of our being enemies. The scars your talons left upon my back this autumn past are old scars now, long healed. Time to heal this ancient rift between our peoples as well. Meredith Ann Pierce

If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him. Abraham Lincoln

Sometimes people carried anger around for years, in a secret box inside their bodies, and it grew tighter like a hardening knot. The problem with it getting tighter and smaller was that the people did, too, hiding it. Liyana had seen this happen even in elementary school. Somebody wasn't fair to somebody and the hurt person just held it in. By the end of the year they had nearly disappeared. But other people responded differently. They let their anger grow so large it ate them up — even their voices and laughter. And still they couldn't get rid of it. They forgot where it had come from. They tried to shake it loose, but no one liked them by now. Liyana wondered if the person who could let it out the same size it was to begin with, was luckiest. In Jerusalem, so much old anger floated around, echoed from fading graffiti, seeped out of cracks. Sometimes it bumped into new anger in the streets. The air felt stacked with weeping and raging and praying to God by all the different names. Naomi Shibab Nye

Avoiding conflict isn’t peacemaking. Avoiding conflict means running away from the mess while peacemaking means running into the middle of it. Peacemaking means addressing those issues that caused conflict in the first place. Peacemaking can never be separated from doing justice. They go hand in hand. Peacemaking means having to stir the waters on the way to peace. Peacemaking means speaking the truth in love, but speaking the truth nonetheless. . Peggy Haymes

As religious leaders, we are called to be true "people of dialogue, " to cooperate in building peace not as intermediaries but as authentic mediators. Intermediaries seek to give everyone a discount ultimately in order to gain something for themselves. However, the mediator is one who retains nothing for himself but rather spends himself generously until he is consumed, knowing that the only gain is peace. 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! Let us dialogue and meet one another in order to establish a culture of dialogue in the world, a culture of encounter. . Pope Francis

It is the doom of the Christian church to be always distracted with controversy. John Quincy Adams Paul C. Nagel

Love for one another will create peaceful co-existence. Lailah Gifty Akita

Mankind must learn to coexist with each other to create a peaceful world. Lailah Gifty Akita

Peace may be hard to achieve, but is possible with small yet essential steps that are guided by courage and sufficient commitment. Widad Akreyi

Instead of thinking those who don't share your passions are not 'real Christians, ' recognize the beauty of diversity within the body of Christ. Instead of being angry with others for not feeling your urgency about an issue, give them time to come around. Holly Sprink