Motivating the nonviolent vision is the biblical notion of shalom. This is the peace that endures because it is the fruit of long, and at times tedious, engagement. It heeds the wounds of the past, the bitterness and the resentments of yesteryear, and it seeks to create conditions where reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing can begin to happen. Socially and politically, it adopts all the skills for dialogue and negotiation that have been tried and tested. But it never stops here; the shalom of God always points to a larger horizon.
— Diarmuid O'Murchu, Poverty, Celibacy, and Obedience