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peace

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war. 11 thoughts from Henry Van Dyke

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. 52 views from George Eliot

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. 18 quotes from Baruch Spinoza

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. 25 more sayings from C. S. Lewis

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. 22 other quotes from Andre Gide

Peace if possible, truth at all costs. 32 more quotes from Martin Luther

Peace is more important than all justice and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. 32 more wisdom & wit from Martin Luther

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. 18 other thoughts from Baruch Spinoza

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. 29 thoughts from Friedrich Schiller

The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way. 2 wisdom & wit from James Montgomery

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. 9 sayings from Pope John XXIII

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. 3 other quotes from Leon Trotsky

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. 52 more wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. 22 wisdom & wit from Jimi Hendrix

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace. 4 other sayings from Margaret Mitchell

It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world. 11 views from Aneurin Bevan

Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life. 2 more sayings from Stefan Zweig

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. 18 quotes from Baruch Spinoza

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. 11 thoughts from Jawaharlal Nehru

The purpose of all war is peace. 2 quotes from Augustine of Hippo

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. 3 other wisdom & wit from Andre Malraux

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes. 11 quotes from Jawaharlal Nehru

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known. 4 other views from George C. Marshall

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. 23 other sayings from Henry Miller

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew. 7 other quotes from John Greenleaf Whittier

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. 75 more wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. 5 views from Black Elk

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. 7 other thoughts from William E. Gladstone

When you make your peace with authority, you become authority. 14 quotes from Jim Morrison

I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples. 3 views from Frank B. Kellogg

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace. 3 other views from Frank B. Kellogg

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. 14 other thoughts from Joseph Conrad

My different personalities leave me in peace now. 3 views from Anna Freud

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars. 5 quotes from Anwar Sadat

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. 2 views from Julien Benda

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. 7 sayings from Samuel Smiles

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. 19 other quotes from Woodrow Wilson

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. 4 other sayings from Morihei Ueshiba

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. 5 quotes from Max Lerner

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. 96 more sayings from Benjamin Franklin

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ. 12 quotes from Thomas Merton

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. 96 other thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. 12 more sayings from Thomas a Kempis

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure. 15 wisdom & wit from Moliere

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. 45 sayings from Thomas Fuller

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. 41 wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. 41 thoughts from Martin Luther King, Jr.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. 41 other thoughts from Martin Luther King, Jr.

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. 11 more wisdom & wit from Douglas MacArthur

There was never a good war, or a bad peace. 96 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. 6 quotes from Tacitus

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. 15 thoughts from Albert Schweitzer

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. 41 more views from Martin Luther King, Jr.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. 19 more quotes from Anton Chekhov

We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace. 3 thoughts from Black Kettle

You cannot find peace by avoiding life. 30 other views from Virginia Woolf

A bad peace is even worse than war. 6 more thoughts from Tacitus

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing. 2 more quotes from Christopher Love

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure. 12 quotes from Thomas a Kempis

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. 12 sayings from Thomas a Kempis

Peace is a natural effect of trade. 14 quotes from Charles de Montesquieu

Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. 3 other sayings from Zebulon Pike

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. 5 sayings from Douglas William Jerrold

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. 2 quotes from William McKinley

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace. 3 thoughts from U Thant

We love peace, but not peace at any price. 5 views from Douglas William Jerrold

Avoid popularity if you would have peace. 47 wisdom & wit from Abraham Lincoln

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. 24 sayings from James Russell Lowell

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. 31 sayings from Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. 7 quotes from Georges Bernanos

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. 30 more quotes from George Washington

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. 73 quotes from Victor Hugo

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. 30 sayings from George Washington

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil buy it, by compromise with evil. 45 views from John Ruskin

Don't tell me peace has broken out. 14 quotes from Bertolt Brecht

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. 20 more quotes from William Tecumseh Sherman

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace. 20 wisdom & wit from William Tecumseh Sherman

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. 13 other wisdom & wit from Francois Rabelais

Peace without justice is tyranny. 3 more quotes from William Allen White

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. 2 sayings from Ugo Betti

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations. 4 more quotes from George Ade

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. 5 other quotes from Omar N. Bradley

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. 17 other wisdom & wit from Chief Joseph

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. 16 more quotes from Erich Fromm

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. 6 quotes from Phyllis McGinley

Peace cannot be kept by force it can only be achieved by understanding. 105 wisdom & wit from Albert Einstein

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. 9 more quotes from Andrew Jackson

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace. 8 thoughts from Yitzhak Rabin

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government. 6 quotes from Grover Cleveland

Give peace a chance. 8 quotes from Yitzhak Rabin

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government. 8 sayings from Yitzhak Rabin

I believe it is peace in our time. 2 more quotes from Neville Chamberlain

No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence. 8 sayings from Yitzhak Rabin

The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace. 8 other wisdom & wit from Yitzhak Rabin

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity. 6 wisdom & wit from Grover Cleveland

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting. 2 thoughts from A. J. P. Taylor

We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions. 8 other wisdom & wit from Yitzhak Rabin

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies. 8 quotes from Yitzhak Rabin

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. 7 more thoughts from Abraham Maslow

A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. 81 more thoughts from William Shakespeare

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. 6 quotes from Ulysses S. Grant

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man. 11 sayings from Charlie Chaplin

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. 6 wisdom & wit from Ulysses S. Grant

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. 4 more quotes from Marvin Gaye

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. 81 other quotes from William Shakespeare

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. 38 other quotes from William Hazlitt

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this. 4 more wisdom & wit from Paul Robeson

But the deep desire for peace remained with the American people. 4 more quotes from Paul Robeson

Let us have peace. 6 other sayings from Ulysses S. Grant

Most fear stems from sin to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit. 4 thoughts from Marvin Gaye

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction. 5 other thoughts from Lester B. Pearson

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. 5 wisdom & wit from Lester B. Pearson

The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. 5 thoughts from Nikita Khrushchev

War makes thieves and peace hangs them. 12 other views from George Herbert

We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. 4 wisdom & wit from Paul Robeson

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. 4 wisdom & wit from Paul Robeson

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would rather have peace in the world than be President. 26 sayings from Harry S. Truman

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. 5 quotes from Moshe Dayan

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. 46 views from John F. Kennedy

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. 135 views from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. 46 other quotes from John F. Kennedy

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! 53 other quotes from Honore de Balzac

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. 33 views from Thomas Huxley

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. 11 sayings from Norman Vincent Peale

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. 21 quotes from Karl Marx

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. 135 other quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. 46 other thoughts from John F. Kennedy

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. 21 views from Malcolm X

I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table. 5 quotes from Moshe Dayan

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it. 2 views from Joseph Heller

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace? 3 quotes from Lorraine Hansberry

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. 21 quotes from Malcolm X

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. 31 quotes from Helen Keller

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. 11 views from Thomas Mann

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. 47 more thoughts from George Orwell

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid. 3 wisdom & wit from Robert Falcon Scott

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. 2 quotes from Anna Akhmatova

My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. 14 sayings from Thomas Hardy

Peace is produced by war. 15 more quotes from Pierre Corneille

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. 5 views from Alexis Carrel

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out. 3 thoughts from Richard Cobden

We will not have peace by afterthought. 15 views from Norman Cousins

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. 13 other wisdom & wit from Dag Hammarskjold

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war. 17 more quotes from Calvin Coolidge

Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism. 3 more views from Dorothy Thompson

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. 115 views from George Bernard Shaw

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. 8 thoughts from Benito Mussolini

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. 14 more quotes from Robert A. Heinlein

Beyond peace, there is no longer any existence possible. 6 more sayings from Gustav Heinemann

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. 13 more views from Dag Hammarskjold

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace. 6 more quotes from Gustav Heinemann

The time has come - and must come - for multilateral conversations about a secure peace in all of Europe. 6 views from Gustav Heinemann

To awake from death is to die in peace. 16 sayings from Douglas Horton

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education all politics can do is keep us out of war. 5 wisdom & wit from Maria Montessori

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. 5 other quotes from Irving Babbitt

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. 50 more views from Napoleon Bonaparte

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. 18 more views from Mother Teresa

Love has its place, as does hate. Peace has its place, as does war. Mercy has its place, as do cruelty and revenge. 4 views from Meir Kahane

Peace begins with a smile. 18 quotes from Mother Teresa

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. 24 quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson

That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally. 22 thoughts from William Feather

Capitalism is war socialism is peace. 4 more quotes from Karl Liebknecht

For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business. 4 wisdom & wit from Karl Liebknecht

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace. 12 quotes from Bernard Baruch

Let us not deceive ourselves we must elect world peace or world destruction. 12 more quotes from Bernard Baruch

Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. 10 more quotes from Maurice Maeterlinck

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. 20 quotes from Herbert Hoover

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves. 7 views from Swami Sivananda

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war. 2 other views from Georges Clemenceau

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. 90 more wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If you want peace work for justice. 7 quotes from Pope Paul VI

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. 26 quotes from Theodor Adorno

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. 27 wisdom & wit from Kin Hubbard

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family. 27 thoughts from Kin Hubbard

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. 60 more sayings from H. L. Mencken

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice. 4 quotes from Arthur Henderson

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. 3 quotes from David O. McKay

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace. 10 views from Ludwig von Mises

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace. 10 other quotes from Ludwig von Mises

Peace and not war is the father of all things. 10 wisdom & wit from Ludwig von Mises

Peace is the happy natural state of man war is corruption and disgrace. 5 quotes from James Thomson

Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking. 10 other quotes from Ludwig von Mises

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. 10 quotes from Ludwig von Mises

Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries. 4 quotes from Arthur Henderson

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war. 10 quotes from Ludwig von Mises

To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order. 4 views from Arthur Henderson

Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly. 10 wisdom & wit from Ludwig von Mises

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism. 10 thoughts from Ludwig von Mises

All we are saying is give peace a chance. 17 other quotes from John Lennon

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. 100 more views from Mahatma Gandhi

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. 9 other views from Hannah Arendt

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. 17 other quotes from John Lennon

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. 33 other views from Dwight D. Eisenhower

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. 17 other quotes from John Lennon

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. 30 more quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. 33 sayings from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Peace is its own reward. 100 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. 15 views from Desiderius Erasmus

The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them. 33 other quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. 7 wisdom & wit from Matthew Henry

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. 36 more thoughts from Theodore Roosevelt

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. 33 thoughts from Dwight D. Eisenhower

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. 33 quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die. 17 other wisdom & wit from John Lennon

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention. 24 more quotes from Adlai E. Stevenson

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results. 2 quotes from Alfred Nobel

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! 11 wisdom & wit from Graham Greene

Making peace is harder than making war. 24 more wisdom & wit from Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age. 24 other quotes from Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces! 6 more wisdom & wit from Georg Buchner

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. 24 other sayings from Adlai E. Stevenson

They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same. 6 more quotes from Georg Buchner

We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. 2 views from Oliver Tambo