conflict resolution quotes

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

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.

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.

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

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.

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

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

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

It is hardly an exaggeration to say that oral teachers and sign teachers found it difficult to sit down in the same room without quarreling, and there was intolerance upon both sides. To say ‚oral method‘ to a sign teacher was like waving a red flag in the face of a bull, and to say ‚sign language‘ to an oralist aroused the deepest resentment.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman’s skillet and the man’s ax-helve.

In 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.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

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.