Quotes on Bringing Peace

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a closed fist.

Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

The first step to this end is to develop peace and goodwill within our borders, by training our youth of both sexes to its practice as their habit of life, so that the jealousies of town against town, class against class and sect against sect no longer exist; and then to extend this good feeling beyond our frontiers towards our neighbours.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?