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Peace Quotes


"Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace."


"Winning the peace is harder than winning the war."


"Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace."


"To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace."


"Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty."


"You have to make an enemy a friend to conquer his or her evil intentions."


"I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity."


"Good soul easily sleeps well."


"A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability."


"How can it be that I've never seen that lofty sky before? Oh, how happy I am to have found it at last. Yes! It's all vanity, it's all an illusion, everything except that infinite sky. There is nothing, nothing " that's all there is. But there isn't even that. There's nothing but stillness and peace. Thank God for that!"


"Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred."


"Peace is not merely the absence of war or conflict but the presence of tranquility, harmony and love."


"We need knew knights, but without swords."


"I may never be happy, but tonight I am content."


"I have realized that we all have plague, and I have lost my peace. And today I am still trying to find it; still trying to understand all those others and not to be the enemy of anyone. I only know that one must do what one can to cease being plague-stricken, and that's the only way in which we can hope for some peace or, failing that, a decent death. This, and only this, can bring relief to men and, if not save them, at least do them the least harm possible and even, sometimes, a little good."


"If you love everyone, how could you find an enemy?"


"We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development."


"Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries."


"A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe."


"I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig."


"In times of turbulence, we must keep calm and be patient."


"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."


"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime."


"In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody."


"Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony."


"It's not whether your thoughts are in tune with the other's sensibilities or not - But are you at peace with yourself is what matters the most!"


"We are the people who believe in Vasudeva Kutumbakam...we want the world to move ahead with peace and prosperity."


"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"


"There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace."


"To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault."
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