Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Posted by Protestant Wisdom
Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says "peacemakers." He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.
— Jim Wallis, American theologian and political activist
Quaker Wisdom
May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.
— John Woolman, Quaker preacher and American merchant
Philosophical Wisdom
Violence obliterates anybody who feels its touch.
— Simone Weil, French philosopher and mystic
Proverb
To talk good is not to be good: to do good, that is being good.
— Chinese Proverb
Educator Wisdom
When we serve others, we gain more than hope. We gain energy.
— Margaret J. Wheatley in Turning to One Another
Unitarian Universalist Wisdom
Wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
— Robert Fulghum in All I Ever Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Blessing
Blessed be all those who have taught me to see: prophets, poets, writers, and movie-makers, friends and lovers, all teachers of vision.
— Edward Hays in Pray All Ways