Quotes About Peace

We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

My way of putting it is that Christians are called to live nonviolently not because we believe nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but in a world of war as faithful followers of Christ, we cannot imagine being anything other than nonviolent.

We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.

We cannot afford to lose any more people as a result of hatred.

We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating human beings.

The United States will always be a global leader, and we need to actively engage the international community to make sure all citizens of the world live freely and equally under their country's rule of law. We cannot, however, afford to fight other nations' wars interminably or stabilize their regions.

We cannot afford to fight our neighbor, even if we disagree on many things.

Whatever your views on Pakistan, our effort was that we have to engage Pakistan. They are our neighbours. We can choose our friends, but we cannot choose our neighbours.

We dream of nation-building. We cannot achieve this by fomenting social divisions.

All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

One of the main uses of a home is to stay in it, when one is too weak and spiritless for conforming, without effort, to the ways of other houses.

As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.

When I am happy on the pitch, it's because everything is going well off it.

Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.

War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the 'pity of war' as Wilfred Owen called it.

My happy place is my bedroom. I love it.

A world without law and order is a very scary place.

Everybody needs a safe place, and it should be their home.

Airplanes are a good place to concentrate because you get no emails, no phone calls.

For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.