Quotes on Peace

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.

World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

The spirit of the kingdom undermines its defenses. People will rise against the king. A new peace is made; holy laws deteriorate. Paris has never before found herself in such dire straits.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent non aggressiveness.

You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.