Let my enemies devour each other.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

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.

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.

To me, it’s OK to have differences. But we don’t have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that’s where sometimes we get so passionate that we – you know, it turns into anger.

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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

I’m not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, ‚Let’s all just get along.‘ I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

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 choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

There is something special which rides on a game between Liverpool and United.

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

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I’ll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I’m gonna tell ya, that’s one helluva man, and God bless him.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

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

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I’ve taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you can’t bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

I gave ‚em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I’d have done the same thing.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

I don’t feel bitterness, I don’t feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

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

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That’s my thoughts.

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can’t remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

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.

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

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.

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

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

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

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

And if you’re horrible to me I’m going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That’s how I operate.

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.

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

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

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