If you believe that shaking hands is stronger than a gun
If you believe that the things that unite men are more important than those that divide them.
If you believe that being different is a richness, not a danger
If you can choose between hope or fear,
If you believe that it’s you that has to take the first step, not the other …

Then peace will come

If the sight of a child still melts your heart
If you can rejoice from the joy of your neighbour
If injustices to others upset you like an injustice to you,
If for you a stranger you meet is a brother
If you share your bread and can add a piece of your heart to it …

Then peace will come

If you believe that forgiveness has more value than revenge
If you can sing the joy of others, and share their happiness
If you can welcome the poor who is wasting your time, and look at him with sweetness,
If you can welcome and accept a different way of doing things than yours,
If you believe that peace is possible,

Then peace will come 

Charles de Foucauld