11 Quotes by Dominique Pire

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.

Peace is not something to say but something to do.

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.

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.

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

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The unknown winner of an unknown city, located in an unknown country, is Man.

Whether or not one has won the Nobel Prize, each of us living in contact with our fellowmen feels a joint responsibility for all forms of suffering, both physical and moral.