Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

I want to negotiate what I’m worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be like, ‚This is what I’m owed now. Pay me.‘ And then we can talk.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

God’s love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

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

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

I am rather inclined to silence.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it’s an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

The peasant must always be helped technically, economically, morally and culturally. The guerrilla fighter will be a sort of guiding angel who has fallen into the zone, helping the poor always and bothering the rich as little as possible in the first phases of the war.

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

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.

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

I’ve never fought with anyone. A lot of people talk to me, and they’re like, ‚Oh, you would have been fighting all the time when you were younger,‘ but I’m like, ‚I never fought with anyone because I always knew that if I hurt myself, I might lose important time in my cricket career,‘ so I never got into any fight, ever in my life.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

The word ‚Islam‘ means ‚peace.‘ The word ‚Muslim‘ means ‚one who surrenders to God.‘ But the press makes us seem like haters.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

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.

It’s a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That’s what you should learn self-defense for.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

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

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

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.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

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

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

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

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

You have no ability, if you’re a financial institution and you’re threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

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

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement.

We have always been prepared to negotiate with the U.S. government everything that has to do with bilateral relations, on a basis of the strictest mutual respect for the sovereign rights of each country. We will never try to ask the government of the United States to change its economic and political system.

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.