Occupation: Nobel Laureate Birth: May 22, 1943
When all else fails, take a vacation..
There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.
Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful se….
I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I would love to kill George Bush….
I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough. That's all you have to do. It's no big deal. One act o….
To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it..
Fear's contagious, but so is courage..
Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent.
Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong..
We believe in taking down the barriers, but we also believe in the most energetic reconciliation among peoples by getting them to know each other, ta….
But without painful experiences, we dont grow.
We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies we ha….
God doesn't start wars. That's the greatest load of nonsense. Mankind starts wars. But then we bless armies to go and kill in God's name. Somebody's ….
Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment..
We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society..
We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles, and that is going to take a tremendous amou….
In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are ….
Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have the answers, they themselves are the problem….
I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me..
The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do..
We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace..