Quotes on Peace

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.

By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem.

Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause . . . True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward the world, the faith in one's purpose, and the sufficiency of one's own approval as a justification for one's own acts.

With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests.

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.