--- title: "4 John Dear Quotes - Famous Catholic priest" description: "Catholic priest from the United States... | John Dear is an American peace activist, lecturer, author and Catholic priest residing in the Diocese of Mon..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b059/author-john-dear-66658.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Dear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b059/author-john-dear-66658.jpg) # John Dear (1959) Catholic Priest **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Dear is a Catholic priest. ## Quick Facts About John Dear Born August 13, 1959 Profession Catholic Priest ## About John Dear Catholic priest from the United States... \| John Dear is an American peace activist, lecturer, author and Catholic priest residing in the Diocese of Monterey in California. ## Quotes by John Dear > [It's strange how knowledge changes perception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dear/it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perception/) [John Dear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dear/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/john-dear-66658_inspirational_it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perce_884725.png) > [The life of "peace" is both an inner journey toward a disarmed heart and a public journey toward a disarmed world. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dear/the-life-of-peace-is-both-an-inner-journey-toward-a-disarmed-heart/) [John Dear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dear/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/john-dear-66658_beautiful_the-life-of-peace-is-both-an-inner-journ_1881635.jpg) > [“Everything I've read about Christians in prison for their non-violent witness to Christ rings true. Whether it's St. Paul, St. Edmund Campion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dear/everything-i-ve-read-about-christians-in-prison-for-their-non-violent/) [John Dear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dear/) [Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/john-dear-66658_christianity_everything-i-ve-read-about-christians-in_1911389.jpg) > [Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dear/non-violence-confronts-systematic-injustice-with-active-love-but/) [John Dear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dear/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/john-dear-66658_acceptance_non-violence-confronts-systematic-injust_2877342.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dear/#itemlist", "name": "John Dear Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's strange how knowledge changes perception.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Dear" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dear/it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perception/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/john-dear-66658_inspirational_it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perce_884725.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/john-dear-66658_inspirational_it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perce_884725.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/john-dear-66658_inspirational_it-s-strange-how-knowledge-changes-perce_884725.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's strange how knowledge changes perception.” — John Dear", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The life of \"peace\" is both an inner journey toward a disarmed heart and a public journey toward a disarmed world. 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