Dominique Pire Quotes

Belgium, Activist
February 10, 1910 – January, 30, 1969.

Dominique Pire (full name: Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire; February 10, 1910 – January 30, 1969) was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. On Dec. 11, 1958 Pire delivered his Nobel Lecture entitled "Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace".

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

Dominique Pire
- Good
- Peace
- Practice
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

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
- Men
- May
- Confidence
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Dominique Pire
- Men
The unknown winner of an unknown city, located in an unknown country, is Man.

Dominique Pire
- Country
- City
- Unknown
A loving heart is an inventive one.

Dominique Pire
- Heart
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
- Up
- Beginning