Best 6010 quotes in «peace quotes» category

The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.

The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

The so-called peace path is not peace and it is not a substitute for jihad and resistance

The solution of present-day problems lie in the re-establishment of a harmonious relationship between man and nature. To keep this relationship permanent we will have to digest the definition of real development: development is synonymous with culture. When we sublimate nature in a way that we achieve peace, happiness, prosperity and, ultimately, fulfilment along with satisfying our basic needs, we march towards culture.

The soldiers currently manning our sophisticated weaponry have room temperature IQ's.

The soul, at peace, reflects the peace without, Forgetting grief as sunset skies forget The morning's transient shower.

The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.

The sinister nature of the American soil is apparent in places like Gettysburg. Fertilize it with the blood of heros, and it brings forth a frozen-custard stand.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.

The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.

The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.

The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.

the suppression of war is not the equivalent of peace.

The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.

The time of universal peace is near. Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world Shall bear the olive freely.

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.

The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The sun-belt and the technology belt can become very powerful when they begin to understand themselves as a community: a community of energy, water and climate security; a community for their common future.

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate... Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

The United Nations is our one great hope for a peaceful and free world.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

The ultimate crime is not to care.

The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.

The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.

The visual impact of a United States battleship springs from its ability to put Soviet ships on the bottom of the sea and to put devastating firepower ashore - nothing else.

The voice in your head is like a wild horse taking you wherever it wants to go...When the voice in your head finally stops talking, you experience inner peace.

The wars they will be fought again The holy dove be caught again bought and sold and bought again; the dove is never free.

The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.

...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology.

The war against the war is the only war that shall give you a great honour and a real peace!

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.