7,293 Quotes About Peace

Human survival requires that nation-states give up the institution of war and replace it with a cooperatively-functioning global peace system - for the well-being and security of all people everywhere.

You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of war. Of course we were brought to the verge of war. The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art... If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost. We've had to look it square in the face... We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face. We took strong action.

In times of long established peace, when the tradition of generations has established the illusion of the profoundest human security, men's minds are not greatly distressed by grotesqueness and absurdity in their political forms. It is all part of the humour and the good-humour of life. When one believes that all the tigers in the jungle are dead, it is quite amusing to walk along the jungle paths in a dressing-gown with a fan instead of a gun.

It is those who are different that make the biggest difference in the world.

To be at peace consistently we have to drop the idea of being right.

A roof of harmony can only be built on top of pillars of tolerance.

A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.

We cannot bring peace in our city, when there is no peace in our homes.

We cannot make peace with people who are not peaceful with innocent creatures.