A Quote by Matthew Henry

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

Matthew Henry

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Matthew Henry
English - Priest
October 18, 1662 - June 22, 1714

There is Truth, the truth of the Truth and there is Peace. The Truth is 'the boy stole an apple', the truth of the Truth is 'the boy was hungry' and Peace is 'nobody stole anything, now, give the boy an apple!'

Nachman of Breslov

Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings - give us that precious jewel and you may take everything else!

Patrick Henry

The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are each worthy of examining for their brilliance and beauty.

Mark Driscoll

Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

Patrick Henry

It would be a shame to lose the precious jewel of liberation in the mud of ignorant body building.

K. Pattabhi Jois

It was peace. Peace is when you would shake the hands of the people around you. And you knew peace was coming because the priest would say it five times rapid fire. He'd go, “My peace I leave, my peace I give to you. While we ate Reese's Pieces with the Lord. And I have a piece of lint in my peaceful eye"!

Dane Cook

I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.

Jacqueline Winspear

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Pearl S. Buck

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Ludwig van Beethoven

When there is hallucination, there is the truth, by recognising it as hallucination. Where there is suffering, there is peace and bliss, by letting go and experiencing it for numberless suffering sentient beings. Always think of how others are kind and precious Treat them as you would like to be treated.

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal.

Fred Rogers

Each day's a gift of Life divine a precious jewel that's yours and mine!

John McLeod

Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are.

Sri Chinmoy

Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.