top of page
Exlpore more Peace quotes

"Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny."

"It's the smell of him in the bathroom, all I need to get ready for the day. Watching him get dressed, and the sound in the kitchen; a slow hum of a song and his movements, picking things to eat. The way I could observe him, for hours, just go on with his day " or as he sleeps " simply breathing in and out, in and out, and it's like the hymn that sings me to peace. I know the world is still out there and I know I'm not yet friendly to its pace, but as long as I know him with me, here, there, somewhere " us " I know I have a chance."

"The house was left; the house was deserted. It was left like a shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains now that life had left it. The long life seemed to have set in; the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed. .."

"The fastest way to end an argument with your wife is to admit she's right."

"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."

"The quieter the mind the louder the soul."

"The saddest day in the woods is when birds run out of happy songs to sing."

"Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it."
Explore more quotes by Yitzhak Rabin


"I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act."


"A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace."


"Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living."


"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."


"Only the change on the international scene, the crisis in the gulf, and the strong, firm position of the United States against aggression between two Arab countries created realities that led to the Madrid Peace Conference."


"Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation."


"I would like Israel to be a Jewish state, and therefore not to annex over 2 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to Israel, which will make Israel a bi-national state."
bottom of page