PEACE QUOTES

 

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


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 not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.


There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.

-- Woodrow Wilson


Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

-- Salvor Hardin


Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma.

-- Buddha


Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

-- Mark Twain


When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.

-- Morihei Ueshiba


Many speak of Peace without knowing love. Peace sprouts from the root of Love.

-- Agostino of Ippona