Quotes About Peace

I want those doors open and that war closed

Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint. Peace is the highest value.… He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion, as if he were attending a funeral. (ch. 31) That

Suffering led the Buddha to enlightenment, and it may cause us, against our will, to grow in compassion, awareness, and possibly eventually peace.

People hated and killed each other back then. Now even those who survived are dying, leaving this world one by one. Unless we find a way to forgive one another, none of us will ever be able to see each other again. (2007: 88)

A te trezi, în Roma ca È™i în oricare alt oraÈ™, e o treab? personal? È™i cel mai bine e s? o rezolvi în liniÈ™te.

In his particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him.

he was glad to be alone for a moment and be welcomed by his pyjamas

particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him.

he was glad to be alone for a moment and by welcomed by his pyjamas

THE  FIRST thing that struck Bond about Saratoga was the green majesty of the elms, which gave the discreet avenues of Colonial-type clapboard houses some of the peace and serenity of a European watering place.

Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if we're ever going to be at peace with each other...the good that flows from it will shape our societies in an unprogrammed, unforeseen way, under the control of no single group of people or set of ideas.

The work we have to do is with ourselves ,If we're ever going to be at peace with each other.

isn't rationalism that will overcome the religious zealots, but ordinary shopping and all that it entails—jobs for a start, and peace, and some commitment to realisable pleasures, the promise of appetites sated in this world, not the next. Rather shop than pray.

My own small discovery has been that this change is possible, it is within our power. Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if we're going to be at peace with each other, I'm not saying it'll happen. There's a good chance it won't. I'm saying it's our only chance.

Se non vuoi fare il guastafeste devi unirti alla compagnia. Ma Peter non la pensava così. Non aveva niente in contrario a stare con gli altri quando era il caso. Ma la gente esagera. Anzi, secondo lui, se si fosse sprecato un po' meno tempo a stare insieme e a convincere gli altri a fare lo stesso, e se ne fosse dedicato un po'di più a stare da soli e pensare a chi siamo e chi potremmo essere, allora il mondo sarebbe stato un posto migliore, magari anche senza le guerre.

Beyaz gürültü: KulaÄŸa hoÅŸ gelen deniz dalgas?, yaÄŸmur, rüzgar sesi, radyo dalgas?, duÅŸ sesi gibi rahatlat?c? seslere verilen ad.

desde el siglo XVI la base de la política inglesa y posteriormente británica en Europa fue la consecución del equilibrio de poder. Se me ordenó que leyera sobre el Congreso de Viena de 1815.Tony insistía en que un equilibrio entre naciones era el cimiento de un sistema jurídico internacional de diplomacia pacífica. Era vital que los países se controlasen mutuamente.

And so the dead might cease to grieve And we might make amends And there might be a pact between Dead friends and living friends.

H. L. Mencken, recalling the travesties of 1917–1918, warned his colleagues that it was their duty, in wartime even more than in peace, "to keep a wary eye on the gentlemen who operate this great nation, and only too often slip into the assumption that they own it.

May God give you peace," she replied. As she said it, she discovered new meaning in that wish of hers, an entirely different meaning. It was as if, at long last, she had found the true meaning of this wish that people repeated every day so many times over.

Man, war isn't our thing!

And therefore we should acknowledge that the Oslo process was not a fair and equal pursuit of peace, but a compromise agreed to by a defeated, colonized people.

History lies at the core of every conflict. A true and unbiased understanding of the past offers the possibility of peace. The distortion or manipulation of history, in contrast, will only sow disaster.

I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.