Quotes about peace

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love."

Francis of Assisi, St. on peace
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"When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?"

Frank, Borman on peace
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"There never was a good war or a bad peace."

Franklin, Benjamin on peace
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"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees."

Franklin, Benjamin on peace
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"Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away."

Fulghum, Robert on peace
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"It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf."

Fuller, Thomas on peace
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"Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know."

Gandhi, Mahatma on peace
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"A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace."

Gersonides on peace
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"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace."

Gide, Andre on peace
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"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of Peace."

Gladstone, William E. on peace   

"Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."

Hammarskjold, Dag on peace
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"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned."

Hammarskjold, Dag on peace   

"I now understand what Christ suffered in Gethsemane as well as any man living."

Hardie, James Keir on peace   

"If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago."

Hazlitt, William on peace   

"In moderating, not satisfying desires, lies peace."

Hecht, Ben on peace
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"One sword keeps another in the sheath."

Herbert, George on peace   

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men."

Hill, Napoleon on peace   

"Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men."

Hoover, Herbert Clark on peace   

"Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family."

Hubbard, Kin on peace   

"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil."

Hubbard, Kin on peace
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"The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a master-architect; in execution, the labors of many."

Humphrey, Hubert H. on peace   

"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion."

Inge, Dean William R. on peace   

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

Jefferson, Thomas on peace   

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"There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body."

Jerrold, Douglas William on peace   

"Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets."

Jerrold, Douglas William on peace   

"To get Peace you must work for Justice."

John Paul VI on peace
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"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on peace
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"If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better."

Johnson, Lyndon B. on peace   

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

Keller, Helen on peace
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"Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor."

Kempis, Thomas on peace   

"Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are."

Kempis, Thomas on peace
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"First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others."

Kempis, Thomas on peace
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"But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings."

Kennedy, John F. on peace   

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

Kennedy, John F. on peace
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"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."

Kennedy, John F. on peace
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"World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement."

Kennedy, John F. on peace
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"You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time."

Kettering, Charles F. on peace
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"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."

King Jr. Martin Luther on peace
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"Please, we can get along here."

King, Rodney on peace   

"Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable."

Kohe, J. Martin on peace