Goodwill toward All

Peace and goodwill is the message of the season. It has no agenda or bias, that’s why we keep celebrating, decorating, sending cards, and buying gifts to give. It’s human nature to keep a tradition going that brings people joy and revives our belief that peace is possible.

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.” – The Dalai Lama

“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.” – Khalil Gibran

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” – St. Francis of Assisi

“I have learned that one should say “Peace!” to those who shout their hatred for one’s being and presence or at one’s passage.” – Tariq Ramadan

“A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel

“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” – Nelson Mandela

“In God’s sight, skin color makes no difference. God does not recognise national borders. God does not stand behind the barriers of religion and culture. What method other than cross-cultural marriage will empower Whites and Blacks, Jews and Muslims, Orientals and Westerners, and people of all races to live together peacefully as one human family?” – Sun Myung Moon