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Quotes About Peace

Si quieres ser feliz, vive escondido»
~ Amelie Nothomb
Le silence est plus tapageur que tout.
~ Amelie Nothomb
La única manera de dejar de sufrir consiste en mantener la cabeza vacía
~ Amelie Nothomb
War reveals people's deeper nature.' 'I don't like that idea. It would suggest that we need to be put to the test. I think war reveals only one of our deeper natures. I would rather have shown you my deeper peace-time nature.
~ Amelie Nothomb
Personne ne connaît mieux un individu que son assassin. [...] Les prix Nobel de la paix sont souvent des assassins, mais les prix Nobel de littérature sont toujours des assassins.
~ Amelie Nothomb
We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.
~ Ama Ata Aidoo
Amé, fuí amado, el sol acarició mi faz. ¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz! I loved, I was loved, the sun stroked my face. Life, you owe me nothing! Life, we are at peace!
~ Amado Nervo
Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights.
~ George B. McClellan
Our frequent initiatives to normalise relations with Pakistan are not a sign of our weakness; rather, they are an indication of our commitment to peace.
~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee
How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and then act accordingly?
~ Tom Lantos
Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
~ Philip Hammond
President Obama and I disagree on policy with Israel. He seems to say... 'We want peace, but we want to act like Switzerland. We're going to be a neutral party to everyone.' I think that's negotiating from weakness.
~ James Lankford
The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
~ Gary Lineker
Contentment is the only real wealth.
~ Alfred Nobel
We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.
~ Herbie Hancock
To me, wealth is the peace of mind you have, your family, your friends, your colleagues. Everything else is just money, and it really is funny how people pay so much attention to that.
~ Ricardo Salinas Pliego
Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit from the Middle East's growing wealth.
~ Zbigniew Brzezinski
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
~ Donald G. Mitchell
You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
~ Garth Brooks
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
~ Carlos Santana
No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.
~ Ernest Hemingway
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.
~ Betty Williams
I'd make every weapon on the planet unusable. Every bomb. Every gun.
~ Anne Reid