Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

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

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

You can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.

Disagreement is something normal.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart’s blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

I’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

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.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that’s where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

I don’t think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.

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

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.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

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

I’ve used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I’ve still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

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

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.

The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It’s very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven’t exactly been non-aggressive – including me.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

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

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person’s shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

The United States is a violent military state. It’s been involved in military action all over the place.

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

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

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

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

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

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

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

Debates, I hate.

In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in 1977. And that was followed by economic sanctions and other measures – sometimes officials, countries, cities, towns – some organized by popular movements.