Explore reconciliation, nonviolence, and the conditions that allow people to live together.
"It is peaceful here. I am far from the fishmongers and the drainers and the wine-peddlers and all those others whose songs of commerce clang in the streets of cities. A man can think; a man can look w…"
"It is the responsibility of all of us to remind governments of their commitments to settle disputes by peaceful means and to negotiate in good faith under the UN Charter, and to denounce war agitation…"
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means."
"Outlaw of war. Much interest has of late been manifested in this country in the discussion of various proposals to outlaw aggressive war. I look with great sympathy upon the examination of this subjec…"
"When I meet people who say, "Oh, there's no hope, Peter, look at the things that are going wrong, and those stupid people in Bosnia, there are going to be things like that all around the world, power-…"
"We need a Constitution that suits the needs of the 21st century and make sure that all communities live in harmony"
"We need to marshal and direct our energy toward building this nation into a peaceful, prosperous and proud bequest to our children."
"According to polls, a majority opposes the radar base. But it's not necessarily the sensible part of the Czech population. The demonstrations against the base are usually organized by communists, Isla…"
"My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment. My companion will be of the same nature as myself and will b…"
"The whole world will smile at you when your heart is peaceful and your mind is clean. When you can smile at yourself, not a single trouble in the world will affect you. When you are sincere to yoursel…"
"A few profit – and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can'…"
"Our business is to help get everything possible done to make sure the "last" chance for a peaceful development of the revolution, to help by the presentation of our programme, by making clear its nati…"
"perfectly possible to be critical and still be convinced we need to remain a member"
"So what if I'm smokin' weed onstage and doing what I gotta do? It's not me shooting nobody, stabbing nobody, killing nobody. It's a peaceful gesture and they have to respect that and appreciate that."
"George W. Bush will surely deserve that woolliest of all peace prizes, the Nobel."
"The Peacefulness of Being at War." by L. P. Jacks in The New Republic , p. 152"
"Protesters chanted songs similar to those sung during the liberation struggle. They sat in the middle of the road, in an act of peaceful protest. As they sat, a wave of baton-wielding riot police char…"
"Know Thyself. All else will be known to thee of its own accord. Discriminate between the undying, unchanging, all-pervading, infinite Atma and the ever-changing, phenomenal and perishable universe and…"
"“The price of labor in the high-tech labor market is a function of a political, artificially created, ceaseless supply of immigrants. Prattle about the price at which American workers will do certain …"
"…there will be no peace in the tormented world, only a programmed and systematic series of wars and calamities—until the plotters have gained their objective: an exhausted world willing to submit to a…"
Authors on peace gaining momentum today
John F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
Vladimir Lenin
Tawakkol Karman
Calvin Coolidge
Reza Pahlavi
John Lennon
Leon Trotsky
Augustine of Hippo
Jimmy Carter