If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower and everyone in our family and our entire society will benefit from our peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing and being peace that we can make peace. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. ~ Buddha
Every day the most important thing I do, is to make sure that there is a smile on the faces of my children. That is why I work so hard and that is what I live for. ~ Mr. Hung Phan
All works of love are works of peace. ~ Mother Teresa
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. ~ Cicero
Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom. ~ The XIVth Dalai Lama
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. ~ The XIVth Dalai Lama
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
There was never a good war or a bad peace. ~ Ben Franklin
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. ~ Mohandas K. Gandhi
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
Peace is every step. ~ Thich Nhat Hahn
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
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. ~ Benito Juarez
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. ~ John F. Kennedy
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ~ John F. Kennedy
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. ~ Abraham Lincoln
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. ~ Malcolm X
Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. ~ Yehudi Menuhin
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
Dream always of a peaceful, warless, disarmed world. ~ Robert Muller
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. ~ A.J. Muste
If you want peace, work for justice. ~ Pope Paul VI
