Quotes on Peace

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences.

We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.

Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their opposites, peace, economy, and riddance of public debt, believing that these were the high road to public as well as private prosperity and happiness.

Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one. You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat

Civilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation.

I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none

The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.