War Quotes

Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.

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"War arises from the inability of human beings to resolve conflicts through understanding."
Rudolf Steiner
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"War is fundamentally a failure of human consciousness and moral development."
Rudolf Steiner
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"War springs from the failure of understanding between human beings."
Rudolf Steiner
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"War is the breakdown of dialogue made manifest."
Paul Tillich
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"The moral equivalent of war must be something heroic that appeals to ideals of honor and courage."
William James
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"War is the ultimate failure of human understanding and compassion."
Rudolf Steiner
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"War has always been the grand sagacity of every political body; it is the moving principle of all its functions."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"War is the failure of imagination to conceive of our fundamental unity."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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"War arises from the forgetting of our shared divine nature."
Jacob Böhme
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"The moral equivalent of war must be found if we want to understand the driving forces of human nature."
William James
"War is the result of hearts that have forgotten how to love."
Charles Wesley
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"War arises from the failure of understanding."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"War reveals both the worst and, occasionally, the best in human nature."
Jonathan Edwards
"War may settle disputes, but only peace can heal wounds."
Charles Wesley
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"War is the natural condition of humanity; peace is merely an illusion."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"War is a school of strenuous life and heroism."
William James
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"War begins in the human heart long before it appears on the battlefield."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"War exists only in the hearts of those who wage it."
Ibn Arabi
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"Conflict arises when we forget our unity with all beings."
Jacob Böhme
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"The conflict between nations mirrors internal spiritual conflicts."
Jacob Böhme
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"War is the ultimate failure of human consciousness to embrace unity."
Jacob Böhme
"War leaves scars upon nations; peace must be built with patient care."
Charles Wesley
"War's trenches are dug in the human heart long before armies take the field."
Charles Wesley
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"War begins in the heart before it manifests in the world."
Ibn Arabi
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"Violence and coercion are signs of weakness, not strength, in governance or personal conduct."
Spinoza
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"War arises from the failure to see our fundamental unity with all beings."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"War is the symptom of a disease in human relationships, not the disease itself."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"War begins in the heart before it appears on the battlefield."
Teresa of Avila
"War arises from the illusion of separation."
Meister Eckhart
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"War destroys what peace builds."
Pope Francis