Henri Nouwen Quotes

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I wish I know a law that would make people love on another because I would sign it.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

I grew up on the very human side of Christianity, so messages in the household I grew up in were about peace, love, and being understanding of everybody, which I think is quite cool.

We're all people. We all need to just try and find a way to love each other and accept each other and try and make the world a better place.

You may be assured that we won't ever let your words die. Like the words of our Master, Jesus Christ, they will live in our minds and our hearts and in the souls of black men and white men, brown men and yellow men as long as time shall last.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now.

Love, peace and soul.

If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth, and we should be as children of one father, and should need no law or ordinance. For God is not served by any law, but only by obedience.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

I can assuredly say that it's my life's mission to love all people.

The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness.

I believe in unconditional love and equality. Jesus Christ exemplified these qualities.

Every human longs for peace and love.

The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.

If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.

I think it's pathetic that women and men treat each other worse than we treat our pets. It's love or hate.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

The doctrine of Christ enjoins men, all brothers in His eyes, to love one another.