7,293 Quotes About Peace

Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.

War remains the decisive human failure.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Morality is contraband in war.