Peace Mission Movement

Famous quotes containing the words peace, mission and/or movement:

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 10:34.

“We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

“Christianity was only a very strong and singularly well-timed Salvation Army movement that happened to receive help from an unusual and highly dramatic incident. It was a Puritan reaction in an age when, no doubt, a Puritan reaction was much wanted; but like all sudden violent reactions, it soon wanted reacting against.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)