Jonathan Chen Quotes on War & Peace (5 Quotes)

Make no mistake about it. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a Hero of freedom. He is a Hero of justice and equality. He is Hero of peace. He is a Hero against racism, discrimination, hatred, and oppression. It is a cruel act for someone to hijack Dr. Kings legacy for purposes that run counter to everything King stood for. It is unethical, immoral, and deceptive.

Talk to a youth, at a very early age, about the idea of peace. Let that idea be deeply rooted in him. Maybe by the time he's involved in the proceedings about the very decision of invoking a war, that childhood idea would weigh in.

True liberty cannot be attained if one lives in fear. Fear exists if one does not nourish oneself with inner peace.

World peace cannot be enforced by those who do not have inner peace. World peace is an inevitable result of individual inner peace.

I wish guns were violins, oboes, clarinets, and trumpets. I wish gunshot were beautiful music that gravitates people instead of frightens them in hiding. I wish combat were meant to fight disasters, diseases, poverty, and hunger. I wish troops were true peacemakers who hold children in their arms and hug elders with smiles everywhere they go, all wearing the peace sign as their emblem. Let me turn my wishes into prayers.