Quotes About Peace

Sixteen Targaryens followed Aegon the Dragon to the Iron Throne, before the dynasty was at last toppled in Robert's Rebellion. They numbered amongst them wise men and foolish, cruel men and kind, good men and evil. Yet if the dragon kings are considered solely on the basis of their legacies, the laws and institutions and improvements they left behind, the name of King Aegon I belongs near the top of the list, in peace as well as war.

Time slept when swords woke.

soothe the wrath and tame the fury, teach us all a kinder way

Hay peleas que no se pueden ganar con la espada»

A snail hides in his shell.

A wise man never makes an enemy of a king.

There was this to be said for weddings over battles, at least; it was less likely that someone would cut off your nose.

My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

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.

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 enabline it to make its peace with its destiny.

I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.

The earth has music for those who listen.

The heart that is to be filled to the brim with holy joy must be held still.

Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their faces. Eyes that looked worried grew soft and peaceful; tongues left off chattering; and ears full of the city's rustling were rested by the cricket's melody.

Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still as a meadow at evening, with the sun streaming in on the people there and the wind moving among them as if they were only tall blades of grass.

We need to maintain law and order. We need to maintain peace in the world. We need to protect the environment. We need to have some degree of social justice, equality of opportunity. The markets are not designed to take care of those needs. That's a political process. And the market fundamentalists have managed to reduce providing those public goods.

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

We will not waver we will not tire we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

States like these… constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.