Peter Maurer Quotes

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

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

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.

Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.

If appeasing our enemies is not the answer, neither is hating them.... Somewhere between the extremes of appeasement and hate there is a place for courage and strength to express themselves in magnanimity and charity, and this is the place we must find.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land.

By intensity of hatred, nations create in themselves the character that they imagine in their enemies. Hence it comes that all passionate conflicts result in an interchange of characteristics. We might say with truth, those who hate open a door by which their enemies enter and make their own the secret places of the heart.

Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.

Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation.

It is not good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace

When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.