When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.
Thich Nhat HanhThe devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.
Joyce MeyerGive a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
Nelson MandelaPeace begins with a smile.
Mother TeresaThe greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
Mother TeresaEverybody’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s a really easy way: stop participating in it.
Noam ChomskyIndeed, we’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.
Colin PowellI’m married. My wife, Stella – a beautiful woman. She’s brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
Anthony HopkinsA man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRevenge, 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.
Charles SpurgeonIn my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham LincolnThe Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.
Ho Chi MinhWhen I was 18, I went to the Soviet Union. I kept hearing that America was planning to bomb them – lots of bombs were going to come down on these people. I went there not knowing anything, except that I thought the whole thing was stupid and that I wanted to see who these people were that we were going to bomb.
Alice WalkerI refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.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.
Jimmy CarterIf you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.
Kurt CobainIt 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.
Harry S. TrumanPeace 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.
Thich Nhat HanhWhere ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai LamaWe are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.
Dwight D. EisenhowerI have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
Harry S. TrumanEach generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
James MadisonDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Peace is its own reward.
Mahatma GandhiWar is a game that is played with a smile. If you can’t smile, grin. If you can’t grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston ChurchillYou accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. 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.
Thich Nhat HanhIf virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
EpictetusWar is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
Abraham LincolnA musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
Abraham MaslowWe 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.
Colin PowellHe that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
Benjamin FranklinSmiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
Thich Nhat HanhThe big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego.
Brian EnoWe seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.
Dwight D. EisenhowerPeace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
BuddhaIf 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.
Thich Nhat HanhLet 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.
Alexander HamiltonTo enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
BuddhaI’m a writer. I don’t support any war. That’s my principle.
Haruki MurakamiWell, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.
George H. W. BushThe quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
George OrwellWar is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
George OrwellHe is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe 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.
Bertrand RussellI’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.
Muhammad AliImagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.
John LennonWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
Jimmy CarterPeace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.
Narendra ModiThe lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.
Woody AllenBe at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin FranklinMeditation 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.
Thich Nhat HanhIf we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother TeresaIt seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.
Joyce MeyerA peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
William ShakespeareCourageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
Nelson MandelaWhoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
Franklin D. RooseveltNon-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Mahatma GandhiIf 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.
John Lennon