Quotes on Peace

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.

My father's leadership was about more than civil rights. He was deeply concerned with human rights and world peace, and he said so on numerous occasions. He was a civil rights leader, true. But he was increasingly focused on human rights and a global concern and peace as an imperative.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.

Man's needs are infinite, and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.

For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.

The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and fasts during the day.

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.