Dominique Pire

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. ”

We have to make a bridge of confidence based on natural and elementary morality which corresponds to the natures of man and which would be respected by all men. I may be naive in this, but I think it is better to be naive than skeptical. ”

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. ”