Quotes About Peace

Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

War is the most striking instance of the failure of intelligence to master the problem of human relationships.

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

War brings out thieves and peace hangs them.

A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.

I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.

A mind at peace does not engender wars.

Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.

I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.

I am against all war.

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.

Anybody who really wants to abolish war must resolutely declare himself in favor of his own country's resigning a portion of sovereignty in place of international institutions.

When we hear that "war" is made for "peace", or that "pain" is sought for "pleasure" or that "brutality" helps one "feel", in our minds, language ceases to describe reality. Words lose their direct relationship with actuality. And thus language and culture begin to exist entirely independently of nature.

The beauty of sleep is the way the world around you disappears.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,

My first recommendation...will be that you should have a holiday. You are worn out by all your unhappiness.

One of the benefits of TM, Agatha had said, was that it enabled you to be "alone with your thoughts." But as I quickly discovered, a lot of my thoughts were not anything I wanted to be alone with.

His smile is kind, and my heart, which I didn't even know had taken off, starts to calm down.

make sure you're all right.