Thomas a Kempis Quotes

Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

It is natural to have differences and still remain friends.

Peace is hard, but we know that it is possible

We must … show that peace and prosperity can exist side by side.

The good people of this world are very far from being satisfied with each other & my arms are the best peacemakers.

At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.

In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.

Justice is the only way to achieve peace and co-existence among the various components of Iraq.

The majority of Jews and Arabs want to get along. Don't let a few bad apples ruin it for everyone.

I thank God I don't have a problem with any person. Nobody wants to have a problem with another person. I don't want it either.

I never want any problems with anybody in this world.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if only to preserve your sanity.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.