If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.

I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast – which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others – then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

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

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

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

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

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

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?

I just don’t like killing creatures.

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.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Everybody likes a compliment.

I’m no longer just a candidate. I’m the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn’t return. I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

‚Some Kind Of Monster‘ is such a nightmare for any musician to watch because you’re watching a band be honest to each other. Not a good idea, man!

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

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

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

Let my enemies devour each other.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I’m not here to preach hate or push people down.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we’ve had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I’ve taken.

In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

One of the things I’ve never been accused of is not caring about people.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level… Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

My father always taught me that when you help other people, then God will give you double. And that’s what has really happened to me. When I have helped other people who are in need, God has helped me more.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.