Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquillity will return again.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

No war is over until the enemy says it’s over.

Any negotiated, peaceful solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not imply force or the use of force, must be addressed in accordance with international principles and norms.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, ‚Will you all just shut up!‘ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‚What are you doing?!‘ I was like, ‚You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.‘

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel’s neighbours.

I’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive… the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can’t be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they’re not getting some other matter.

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.

The capability of negotiating… is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Example is leadership.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

We are not at war against Islam.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.