Quotes on Peace

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can. But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children

We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live.

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

The world cannot live at peace without the United Nations. For this reason: it creates a reasonable guarantee that all this change in the world, these tremendous political and economic developments, can be channelized, kept orderly. The United Nations is a mold that keeps the hot metal from spilling over.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and can change the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking. The way we hold a cup of tea, pick up the newspaper or even use toilet paper are directly related to peace.

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.