Best 6010 quotes in «peace quotes» category

A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates new products, which diffuses comfort and happiness among the great mass of the people, shall occupy in the general estimation of mankind that rank which reason and common sense now assign to it.

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam.

A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns.

At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war.

At one point, I was just perceived as only being angry, but now I'm being perceived as angry, peaceful, and spiritual.

At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.

A truly free society must not include a peace which oppresses us. We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean together. There can be no peace if there is social injustice and suppression of human rights, because external and internal peace are inseparable. Peace is not just the absence of mass destruction, but a positive internal and external condition in which people are free so that they can grow to their full potential.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Be a busy person. People who are active are often much more at peace with themselves than those who are inactive and inert.

Be at peace in the oneness of things, and all errors will disappear by themselves.

Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.

Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously.

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.

Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.

Because the relationship between self and world is reciprocal, it is not a matter of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the Earth, the Earth heals us. No need to wait. As we care enough to take risks, we loosen the grip of ego and begin to come home to our true nature.

Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.

Before all else, be armed.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

Before it's too late, and time is running out, let us turn from trust in the chain reactions of exploding atoms to faith of the chain reaction of God's love. Love - love of God and fellow men. That is God's formula for peace.

Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself.

Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all the year round.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.

Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation... Let us not deceive ourselves: we must elect world peace or world destruction.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.

Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast, Drowning love's lonely hour in deep twilight of rest.

Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded, that the evils of war are great in their endurance, and have a long reckoning for ages to come, I have used my best endeavors to keep our country uncommitted in the troubles which afflict Europe, and which assail us on every side.

Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.

Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers.

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want