Quotes from Bertha von Suttner

The stars of eternal truth and right have always shone in the firmament of human understanding. The process of bringing them down to earth, remolding them into practical forms, imbuing them with vitality, and then making use of them, has been a long one.

After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.

After the verb "to love,", "to help" is the most beautiful verb in the world.

L'avenir appartient à la gentillesse.

Wenn man auch die Fähigkeit nicht hat, über einen gewissen Grad von Mitschmerz hinaus zu fühlen - zu denken und zu berechnen vermag man es doch, daß die unfaßbare Jammerquantität vorhanden ist -" "Das vermagst du und ein paar anders -, doch die meisten denken und berechnen nicht." "Denken nicht," wiederholte er. "Gott sei's geklagt, das ist an allen Übeln schuld: die meisten denken nicht.

In der That ja: Sie scheinen mich zu meiden. Warum?" "Warum? Weil – weil ich Sie anbete.

People differ, and, probably, will always differ, as to the light in which they regard war. A

Wie selten kann man sich einem Menschen ganz geben! Das habe ich recht oft im Leben erfahren, daß ich dem einen nur diese, dem anderen nur jene Seite meiner geistigen Persönlichkeit erschließen konnte; daß, so oft ich mit diesem oder jenem verkehrte, sozusagen nur ein gewisses Register sich aufzog, die ganze übrige Klaviatur aber stumm blieb.

I wanted to be of service to the Peace League, and how could I better do so than by trying to write a book which should propagate its ideas? And I could do it most effectively, I thought, in the form of a story.

I am quite sure that from America will come the greatest help for the cause of peace, and I consider it my duty to inform the people of Europe as to the feelings and intentions of the friends of peace in Europe.

How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood.

One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live.

Alfred Nobel believed that social changes are brought about slowly, and sometimes by indirect means.

Strange how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle Ages, but their arsenals fill them with pride!