Peacemakers

To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight is through dialogue, is through peaceful way, but for me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism is just simple thing: educate the next generation.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

In the midst of all this violence there are many small communities that have learned the secret of life: sharing, solidarity, confidence, equality, pardon, working together. God is present — generator and sustainer of all life. Thus life is productive and transforming in the midst of all this.

It’s a profound, mysterious truth—Jesus’ concept of love overpowering hate. I may not see its victory in my lifetime. But I know it’s true. I know it’s true, because it happened to me. … God made it true in me. He washed my hatred away and replaced it with a love for the white man in rural Mississippi.