Peace is the marriage of the people and the planet, with all attendant vows.
— Anonymous
Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are.
— Hafsat Abiola
There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.
0— Kofi Annan
The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
— Black Elk (1863-1950)
There is no time left for anything but to make peacework a dimension of our every waking activity.
— Elise Boulding
Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.
— Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.
— Buddha (560-483 B.C.)
Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or rice, shelter, health and education, as well as freedom and human dignity.
— Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971)
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
— Albert Camus (1913-1960)
Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom.
— The XIVth Dalai Lama
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.
— The XIVth Dalai Lama
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
It is possible to live in peace.
— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
— William Gladstone (1809-1898)
Peace is every step.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace-making is a healing process and it begins with me, but it does not end there.
— Gene Knudsen Hoffman
Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
— Daisaku Ikeda
Peace is the respect for the rights of others. (El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz ).
— Benito Juarez (1806-1872)
A truly free society must not include a “peace” which oppresses us. We must learn on our own terms what peace and freedom mean together. There can be no peace if there is social injustice and suppression of human rights, because external and internal peace are inseparable. Peace.is not just the absence of mass destruction, but a positive internal and external condition in which people are free so that they can grow to their full potential.
— Petra Karin Kelly (1947-1992)
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
— John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
— Malcolm X (1925-1965)
One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
— Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
— Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
— John Lennon (1940-1980)
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.
— John Lennon (1940-1980)
Peace may sound simple – one beautiful word – but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.
— Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999)
Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
— Maria Montessori (1870-1952)
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
— John Muir (1838-1914)
There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
— A.J. Muste (1885-1967)
Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.
— Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
To reach peace, teach peace.
— Pope John Paul II
If you want peace, work for justice.
— Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
— Pope John XXIII (1881-1963)
Peace will be victorious.
— Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)
Peace, development and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible.
— Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1993
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 (1884-1962)
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.
— Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Here then, is the problem we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?
— The Russell-Einstein Manifesto, 1955
In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens – when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men’s hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.
— Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
— Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
— Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.
— Mother Theresa (1910-1997)
All works of love are works of peace.
— Mother Theresa (1910-1997)
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
— Mother Theresa (1910-1997)
We, Veteran’s for Peace, view peace as a positively active and creative process which requires courage, commitment, endurance, vigilance, and integrity. Peace is a struggle toward unity, and it is characterized by an absence of violence in all its forms, including discrimination based on gender, age, race, religion, social and economic status, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Those who labor for peace are called peacemakers because they tirelessly pursue nonviolent solutions, work for economic and social justice, celebrate diversity, and strive to build relationships between adversaries through education, conflict mediation, and humanitarian relief. We recognize that peace is both a means and end simultaneously, and that it is never finally or fully achieved. This is because change and growth require some degree of tension or conflict. Historically, such conflict has provided the impetus for military solutions. Thus we, Veteran’s for Peace, strongly believe that the greatest obstacle to peace is militarism with its reliance on violence and war. We further believe that peacekeeping action should only be accomplished by a legitimate international body.
— Committee to Define Peace, Veterans for Peace
