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
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"War destroys what peace builds."
Rob Bell
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"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Sun Tzu
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"All warfare is based on deception."
Sun Tzu
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"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
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"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
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"War teaches us what we did not know about ourselves."
Barbara Brown Taylor
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"A soldier's greatest strength is his will to fight."
Alexander the Great
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"War reveals the worst in humanity; peace calls out the best."
Tony Campolo
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"War is the failure of imagination and compassion."
Tony Campolo
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"War is the failure of compassion."
Henri Nouwen
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"War proves that we haven't learned how to love our enemies yet."
Tony Campolo
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"War leaves scars on the earth and the soul; choose peace always."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"War is the ultimate expression of the sense of separation."
Rupert Spira
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"War is the fruit of failure in love."
Thomas Merton
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"War begins in the mind before it appears in the world."
Adyashanti
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"All conflict arises from the belief in separation."
Rupert Spira
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"War begins in the heart."
Nisargadatta Maharaj
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"War teaches what peace could have taught without the blood."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"War originates in the belief that another's loss is your gain."
Rupert Spira
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"War is a failure of imagination."
Francis of Assisi
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"War destroys what peace takes time to build."
Meher Baba
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"War is a failure of human compassion"
Satya Sai Baba
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"War is what happens when communication ceases."
Mooji
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"War destroys everything; peace builds everything."
Satya Sai Baba
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"War is the failure of diplomacy."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"War leaves scars that generations must heal."
Dayananda Saraswati
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"War is the inevitable outcome of ignorance about the unity of all beings."
Nisargadatta Maharaj