" The work of the kingdom, in fact, is summed up pretty well in those Beatitudes. When God wants to change the world, he doesn’t send in the tanks. He sends in the meek, the mourners, those who are hungry and thirsty for God’s justice, the peacemakers, and so on. "

― N.T. Wright , Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters