Pearls of expression.

[Interviewer: The Bible indicates] Jesus said, "I'm not coming to bring peace but the sword."

[Father Daniel Maes:] If you kill or injure someone with the sword, then throughout the Christianity nobody will say, "That man is following the gospel." But if a Muslim blows itself up in a large group of people, then there are Muslims who will say, "I should actually do that too, but I don’t have the courage."

"'Without Putin, Syria Would Have Ceased to Exist': Interview With Flemish Priest Living in Syria." By Erik van de Beek, Russia Insider, 6/13/17.