Peace Quotes

"Respect for the rights of others means peace"

"Peace comes only through strength."

"Peace is the pause between wars."

"Weakness invites aggression; strength preserves peace."

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace, to be real, must be unaffected by outside circumstances."

"There is no path to peace; peace is the path."

"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."

"To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"Nonviolence is a imminent failure."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

"True peace comes from recognizing our common humanity."

"The question before us is not whether we love peace, but whether we are willing to pay for peace."

"Peace is a rare thing in this world of struggle and conflict."

"Peace is the natural state of mankind; war is the aberration."

"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."

"True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past."

"It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build."

"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill."

"If you want peace, you have to talk to your enemies."

"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."

"The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.'"

"Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people."

"Non-violence is a power which can be wielded equally by all—children, young men and women or grown-up people, provided they have a living faith in the God that non-violence is based upon."

"There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.'"

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"I would rather see the pages of the Quran in the hands of every Muslim than weapons of war."