John Dear Professions : Priest Born : 1959 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by John Dear No matter where you are in the world the moon is never bigger than your thumb. John Dear thumbs moon world The life of "peace" is both an inner journey toward a disarmed heart and a public journey toward a disarmed world. This difficult but beautiful journey gives infinite meaning and fulfillment to life itself because our lives become a gift for the whole human race. With peace as the beginning, middle, and end of life, life makes sense. John Dear heart beautiful peace Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of violence, it requires a willing acceptance of suffering and death rather than inflicting suffering or death on anyone else. John Dear suffering-and-death acceptance order It's strange how knowledge changes perception. John Dear strange perception Similar Authors Andrew Greeley priest Anthony of Padua priest Angelus Silesius priest Alfred Delp priest Bob Maguire priest Alexander Schmemann priest All Authors
