7,293 Quotes About Peace
- Author Tacitus
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They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.
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- Author Zora Neale Hurston
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Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.
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- Author Henry Kissinger
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Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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- Author Thomas à Kempis
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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
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- Author Mother Teresa
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We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
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- Author Omar N. Bradley
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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
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- Author Shunya
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Suppose there is a very hungry and weak dog. And then there is a healthy dog. If you go to feed them, which one is more likely to bite you? The hungry and weak one. Those who bark and bite you are actually in dire need of help. Don't curse them further. They are already cursed.
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- Author Israelmore Ayivor
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Our critics make us strong!Our fears make us bold!Our haters make us wise!Our foes make us active!Our obstacles make us passionate!Our losses make us wealthy!Our disappointments make us appointed!Our unseen treasures give us aknown peace!Whatever is designed against us will work for us!
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- Author Bertrand Russell
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Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
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