Quotes About Peace

We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.

...nuclear threats and nuclear weapons are the last argument of weak, stressed and irresponsible politicians. People must act very quicky to stop the movement to nuclear war.

This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing.

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Art is the one place we all turn to for solace.

At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.

Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.

One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting.

Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, Easy live and quiet die.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.

There is an art in silence, and there is an eloquence in it too.

Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.

I have so little mastered the art of tranquil living that wherever I go I trail storm clouds of drama around me.

Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards.

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

ALWAYS PRACTICE the Art of Peace in a vibrant and joyful manner.

PRACTICE THE Art of Peace sincerely, and evil thoughts and deeds will naturally disappear. The only desire that should remain is the thirst for more and more training in the Way.