Thomas Merton - Peace demands the most heroic ...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

Thomas Merton

American Author

Born: Jan 31, 1915

Died: Dec 10, 1968

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Truth, War, Peace, Sacrifice, Difficult, Heroic, Heroism, More, Purity, Perfect, Demands, Most, Greater, Labor, Than, Fidelity, Much, Conscience

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Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. Menachem Begin

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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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