Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Dominique Pire

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Belgian priest Dominique Pire.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Dominique Pire, O.P. was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. Pire delivered his Nobel lecture, entitled Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace, in December 1958.

Belgian - Priest | February 10, 1910 - January 30, 1969

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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.

Dominique Pire

Of what good would another lecture on peace be? Peace is not something to lecture about, but something to put into practice.

Dominique Pire

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Dominique Pire

A loving heart is an inventive one.

Dominique Pire

The unknown winner of an unknown city, located in an unknown country, is Man.

Dominique Pire

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.

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.

Dominique Pire

Peace is not something to say but something to do.

Dominique Pire

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

Dominique Pire

To act without knowledge is folly, to know without acting is cowardice.

Dominique Pire

There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world.

Dominique Pire

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Dominique Pire

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