936 private quotes tagged peace

“War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.” — H. L. Mencken

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“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” — C. S. Lewis

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“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” — Buddha

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“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” — Buddha

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“There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.” — John Wooden

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“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

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“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” — Nelson Mandela

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“It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” — Buddha

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“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” — George Eliot

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“The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.” — Woodrow Wilson

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“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” — John F. Kennedy

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“We make war that we may live in peace.” — Aristotle

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“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.” — André Gide

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“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.” — John Lennon

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“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.” — John Lennon

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“A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.” — William Shakespeare

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“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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