936 private quotes tagged peace

“The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Avoid popularity if you would have peace.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.” — John Lennon

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“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” — Buddha

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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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“We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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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“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” — Helen Keller

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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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“Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.” — William Shakespeare

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

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“Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.” — Nelson Mandela

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“Peace is more important than all justice and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.” — Martin Luther

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“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.” — Harry S. Truman

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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” — George Washington

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

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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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“I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.” — Anne Frank

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

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“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.” — Muhammad Ali

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“I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.” — Muhammad Ali

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

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