Quotes About Peace

Building a good, stable, and productive China-U.S. relationship is in our mutual interest of our two countries and our two peoples, and also contributes to peace and development.

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many.

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

He looked down at the street, and the unbroken whiteness, and watched his foot touch the snow and listened to the slight crunching sound as he stepped forward. He looked back at his footprints. They were fascinating. He had been the only one to walk along this street today. There wasn't even the mark of a dog or squirrel, or the scratch of a bird. He continued through the soft, silent snow, a feeling of peace starting to flow through him, helping make his step lighter and easier.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

When, as repeatedly happened, peace was admitted to be war, the Europeans, it has been well said, showed themselves 'ready to fight to the last Indian'.

One of the most ordinary weaknesses of the human intellect is to seek to reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic. Thus there have ever been, and will ever be, men who, after having submitted some portion of their religious belief to the principle of authority, will seek to exempt several other parts of their faith from its influence, and to keep their minds floating at random between liberty and obedience.

Now I meditate twice a day for half an hour. In meditation, I can let go of everything. I'm not Hugh Jackman. I'm not a dad. I'm not a husband. I'm just dipping into that powerful source that creates everything. I take a little bath in it.

By nature I'm not a brooder.

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers." Neville Chamberlain

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. N. CHAMBERLAIN

This campus was an island of quiet in the city's roar, and at night it was an island of dark in the city's blaze.

La vita è fatta di problemi irrisolti, vittorie ambigue e vaghe sconfitte, con qualche momento di autentica pace.

I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.

Pacifism is not a panacea; it asks only that people should relinquish the habit of deliberate imposition of suffering.

Con todo y el atraso de la región, el hecho curioso es que en la Nicaragua de inicios del siglo XIX había menos hambre que en la Francia de Víctor Hugo y más paz que en la convulsa Europa.

The whole world is three drinks behind. If everyone in the world would take three drinks, we would have no trouble. If Stalin, Truman and everybody else in the world had three drinks right now, we'd all loosen up and we wouldn't need the United Nations.

We are extremely alarmed by the growing threat of antisemitism in this country. These disgusting hate crimes have been occurring at an increasing frequency and are a threat to the fabric of our society. The Jewish community deserves to celebrate their holidays and live in peace without disturbance from hate-filled individuals. We stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters today and every day as they face increasing ignorance and discrimination.

What kind of soldier carries music instead of guns?

When you cross that chasm so that what you believe to be true merges into what is actually true, you have earned the right to inner peace.

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. Douglas MacArthur

Even if one turns away from harmony for just one night, suffering ensues.

had to rebuke James and John for wishing to initiate eschatological vengeance (fire from heaven) on a village that would not receive Jesus (Luke 9:54). In our present situation in redemptive history, we are not to slaughter our enemies but to win them over with inexplicable deeds of tolerance and kindness (Matt. 5:39–42; Rom. 12:17–21). Now

It was great to float on your back in a calm sea and have somebody steer you.