You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

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

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

If you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That’s our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

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.

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

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

We’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Don’t create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature’s gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

‚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!

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

The peasant must always be helped technically, economically, morally and culturally. The guerrilla fighter will be a sort of guiding angel who has fallen into the zone, helping the poor always and bothering the rich as little as possible in the first phases of the war.

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

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

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.

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.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

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.

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

I remember coming to New York in 1974 to do a play here called ‚Equis.‘ And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets, and I thought, ‚I’m home.‘ I felt really at peace here.

A disagreement or incident involving someone who’s not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

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.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

I 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.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

To 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.

If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

Peace 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.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

The Iranian regime, in my mind, is the single most enduring threat to stability and peace in the Middle East.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

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

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

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

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.