Peace Quotes

PEACE QUOTES

Compiled by the Universal Peace Federation

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THE FIRST DAY OR SO [IN SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY] WE ALL POINTED TO OUR COUNTRIES. THE THIRD OR FOURTH DAY WE WERE POINTING TO OUR CONTINENTS. BY THE FIFTH DAY WE WERE AWARE OF ONLY ONE EARTH. Sultan Bin Salman al-Suad

PEACE IS NOT AN ABSENCE OF WAR; IT IS A VIRTUE, A STATE OF MIND, A DISPOSITION FOR BENEVOLENCE, CONFIDENCE, AND JUSTICE.

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Baruch Spinoza

ALL WORKS OF LOVE ARE WORKS OF PEACE.Mother Teresa

MORE THAN EVER BEFORE IN HUMAN HISTORY, WE SHARE A COMMON DESTINY. WE CAN MASTER IT ONLY IF WE FACE IT TOGETHER.

Kofi Annan

IN THE UNITY OF OUR NATIONS RESTS THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLES.Simon Bolivar

HE BRINGS TOGETHER THOSE WHO ARE DIVIDED, HE ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO ARE FRIENDLY; HE IS A PEACEMAKER.

Buddhism

PEACE IS THE ONLY BATTLE WORTH WAGING.Albert Camus

PEACE IS FREEDOM IN TRANQUILITY.Cicero

THE MAN OF PERFECT VIRTUE, WISHING TO BE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF, SEEKS ALSO TO ESTABLISH OTHERS; WISHING TO BE ENLARGED HIMSELF, HE SEEKS ALSO TO ENLARGE OTHERS.

Confucius

IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WAY THE WORLD IS, YOU CHANGE IT. YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CHANGE IT. YOU JUST DO IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Marian Wright Edelman

PEACE CANNOT BE KEPT BY FORCE. IT CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY UNDERSTANDING.Albert Einstein

IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE IN PEACE.Mahatma Gandhi

UNLESS THERE IS A SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE, THE WORLD WILL KNOW NO PEACE.Dag Hammarskjold

IN PEACE SONS BURY FATHERS, BUT WAR VIOLATES THE ORDER OF NATURE, AND FATHERS BURY SONS. Herodotus

WE SHALL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE NEW DAWN WHEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM ARE LIVING TOGETHER IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF THEIR THREE GREAT RELIGIONS, A LIFE FREE FROM FEAR, A LIFE IN PEACE.

King Hussein I, Jordan

PEACE IS THE RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.Benito Juarez

I DO NOT WANT THE PEACE WHICH PASSETH UNDERSTANDING. I WANT THE UNDERSTANDING WHICH BRINGETH PEACE.

Helen Keller

THE MERE ABSENCE OF WAR IS NOT PEACE.John F. Kennedy

WE MUST SHIFT THE ARMS RACE INTO A "PEACE RACE."Martin Luther King, Jr.

IF EVERYONE DEMANDED PEACE INSTEAD OF ANOTHER TELEVISION SET, THEN THERE'D BE PEACE.

John Lennon

EVERY ONE OF US CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. SOMETHING. JUST IMAGINE THE POWER OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

Wangari Maathai

EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

Nelson Mandela

NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS.

Margaret Mead

PEACE MAY SOUND SIMPLE -- ONE BEAUTIFUL WORD -- BUT IT REQUIRES EVERYTHING WE HAVE, EVERY QUALITY, EVERY STRENGTH, EVERY DREAM, EVERY HIGH IDEAL.

Yehudi Menuhin

THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO COEXISTENCE IS CO-DESTRUCTION.Jawaharlal Nehru

THE MORE WE SWEAT IN PEACE THE LESS WE BLEED IN WAR.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

TO REACH PEACE, TEACH PEACE.John Paul II

PEACE REQUIRES A WORLD OF NEW CONCEPTS, NEW DEFINITIONS.Yitzhak Rabin

IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT PEACE. ONE MUST BELIEVE IN IT. AND IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN IT. ONE MUST WORK AT IT.Eleanor Roosevelt

PEACE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.Walt Whitman

WE MAY CALL THAT GOD DIFFERENT NAMES BUT WE REMAIN ONE NATION.Barack Obama

TOGETHER WE WANT TO HELP THE WORLD SEE AND BELIEVE IN A BETTER FUTURE.Ban Ki-moon

SINCE WARS BEGIN IN THE MINDS OF MEN, IT IS IN THE MINDS OF MEN THAT THE DEFENSES OF PEACE MUST BE CONSTRUCTED.

Preamble, UNESCO Constitution