Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.
Interpretation
Embracing peace is essential for a better future and the betterment of humanity.
This quote emphasizes the importance of actively pursuing peace in our lives and teachings, suggesting that by taking chances on peace, we contribute to a more harmonious world. The reference to peace being the 'last word of history' implies that, regardless of current conflicts, humanity's ultimate legacy will be defined by its commitment to peace.
In practice
In a speech addressing conflict resolution, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of teaching younger generations about peace.
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom proclaims a kind of general amorality. It is a caricature of freedom to claim that people are free to organize their lives with no reference to moral values, and to say that society does not have to ensure the protection and advancement of ethical values. Such an attitude is destructive of freedom and peace.
Like so many pilgrims before us, we kneel in wonder and adoration before the ineffable mystery which. was accomplished here... In This Child - the Son who is given to us - we find rest for our souls and the true bread that never fails - the Eucharistic Bread foreshadowed even in the name of this town: Bethlehem, the house of bread. God lies hidden in the Child; divinity lies hidden in the Bread of Life
And everything else will then turn out to be unimportant and inessential except this: father, child, and love. And then, looking at the simplest things, we will all say, Could we have not learned this long ago? Has this not always been embedded in everything that is?
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
United with the angels and saints of the heavenly Church, let us adore the most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. Prostrate, we adore this great mystery that contains God's new and definitive covenant with humankind in Christ.
Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.
The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.
You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.
I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.
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