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> [“You can build something new, one person, one relationship, one meal at a time. You can build friendships instead of watering the flowers alongside our long-held fences. You can choose to believe in the unshakable goodness of those across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/you-can-build-something-new-one-person-one-relationship-one-meal-at-a/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

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## More by Diana Oestreich

> [“If choosing to love first can change enemies into friends on the battlefield of Iraq, I know that it can right here, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/if-choosing-to-love-first-can-change-enemies-into-friends-on-the/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“You can build something new, one person, one relationship, one meal at a time. You can build friendships instead of watering the flowers alongside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/you-can-build-something-new-one-person-one-relationship-one-meal-at-a/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“I'll never stop acknowledging the pain of others, because empathy is the flashlight leading us toward wholeness and healing. If we ignore those in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/i-ll-never-stop-acknowledging-the-pain-of-others-because-empathy-is/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“Love is what I'm arming my sons with to go out in an angry and hurting world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/love-is-what-i-m-arming-my-sons-with-to-go-out-in-an-angry-and/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“Waging peace means we erase lines that tell us whose children are worthy to survive and whose children are disposable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/waging-peace-means-we-erase-lines-that-tell-us-whose-children-are/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“Showing up when violence wounds a community is what love looks like in public. Loving first, with our presence instead of only our prayers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/showing-up-when-violence-wounds-a-community-is-what-love-looks-like/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“The amount of violence against another human being we are willing to accept is a litmus test for our own freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/the-amount-of-violence-against-another-human-being-we-are-willing-to/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“It's our responsibility to sift the beliefs we've been given through the lens of self-sacrificing love- because it's not love if it only serves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/it-s-our-responsibility-to-sift-the-beliefs-we-ve-been-given-through/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“We were outsider, yes, but insiders to a hard-won truth: giving your life away is the only way to truly find it. Loving our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/we-were-outsider-yes-but-insiders-to-a-hard-won-truth-giving-your/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“I'm fighting for your freedom and my freedom. We must have Brave conversations. We must find out what we don't know. Waging peace requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/i-m-fighting-for-your-freedom-and-my-freedom-we-must-have-brave/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“Love is what I'm arming my son's with to go out in an angry and hurting world. This is the truest gift I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/love-is-what-i-m-arming-my-son-s-with-to-go-out-in-an-angry-and/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

> [“Violence isn't only bombs and bullets, it can be speaking words that dehumanize and looking away when someone needs you to lean in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-oestreich/violence-isn-t-only-bombs-and-bullets-it-can-be-speaking-words-that/)

[Diana Oestreich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-oestreich/)

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