War Quotes
Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.
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"War begins in the human heart."Rob Bell
"War destroys what peace builds."Rob Bell
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."Sun Tzu
"All warfare is based on deception."Sun Tzu
"A nation drawn into a wasteful war loses more than battles—it loses its soul."Sun Tzu
"Pacifism as a rule of personal conduct is fine, but as a basis of national policy it's suicidal."William Sloane Coffin
"War is always a failure of imagination and compassion."Tony Campolo
"Violence is a form of despair. It is what people resort to when they feel they have no other choice."William Sloane Coffin
"War teaches us what we did not know about ourselves."Barbara Brown Taylor
"A soldier's greatest strength is his will to fight."Alexander the Great
"War reveals the worst in humanity; peace calls out the best."Tony Campolo
"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."Tony Campolo
"War is the failure of compassion."Henri Nouwen
"War proves that we haven't learned how to love our enemies yet."Tony Campolo
"War leaves scars on the earth and the soul; choose peace always."Dominic de Guzmán
"War is the ultimate expression of the sense of separation."Rupert Spira
"War is the fruit of failure in love."Thomas Merton
"War begins in the mind before it appears in the world."Adyashanti
"All conflict arises from the belief in separation."Rupert Spira
"War begins in the heart."Nisargadatta Maharaj
"War teaches what peace could have taught without the blood."Dominic de Guzmán
"War originates in the belief that another's loss is your gain."Rupert Spira
"War is a failure of imagination."Francis of Assisi
"War destroys what peace takes time to build."Meher Baba
"War is a failure of human compassion"Satya Sai Baba
"War is what happens when communication ceases."Mooji
"War destroys everything; peace builds everything."Satya Sai Baba
"War is the failure of diplomacy."Dayananda Saraswati
"War leaves scars that generations must heal."Dayananda Saraswati
"War is the inevitable outcome of ignorance about the unity of all beings."Nisargadatta Maharaj