Dominique Pire Quotes

Through love, we come close to the hearts of our brothers – at the beginning, throughout the course of, and right up to the end of our lives.

There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world.

Of what good would another lecture on peace be? Peace is not something to lecture about, but something to put into practice.

Peace is not something to say but something to do.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

To act without knowledge is folly, to know without acting is cowardice.