1,173 quotes
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
Buddha
Leader
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
Winston Churchill
Statesman · English · 1874 – 1965
Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.
Gerald Jampolsky
Psychologist · American
The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
Grover Cleveland
President · American · 1837 – 1908
Some people put up a peace sign with one hand. Some people put up the middle finger instead. I use two hands and put up both.
Brian Celio
Novelist · American · b. 1981
A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.
Yitzhak Rabin
Statesman · Israeli · 1922 – 1995
Any peace process after so many years of horror and terror will be long and difficult.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Statesman · Spanish · b. 1960
Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.
Benazir Bhutto
Leader · Pakistani · 1953 – 2007
Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.
Dorothy Thompson
Journalist · American · 1893 – 1961
On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.
Natan Sharansky
Writer · Russian · b. 1948
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
Diplomat · Swedish · 1905 – 1961
The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
Ludwig von Mises
Economist · Austrian · 1881 – 1973
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Leader · Indian · 1889 – 1964
Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.
Arthur Henderson
Politician · British · 1863 – 1935
The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.
Jeff Sessions
Politician · American · b. 1946
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
Godfrey Reggio
Director · American · b. 1940
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
Thomas Kempis
Writer · German
Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.
Martin McGuinness
Politician · Irish · b. 1950
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
William R. Alger
Writer · American
I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.
Moshe Dayan
Soldier · Israeli · 1915 – 1981
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
James K. Polk
President · American · 1795 – 1849
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.
Gustav Stresemann
Politician · German · 1878 – 1929
I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.
William Kirby
Scientist · English · 1759 – 1850
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.
Meister Eckhart
Philosopher · German
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama
Leader · b. 1935
For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.
James Forrestal
Public Servant · American · 1892 – 1949
The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
The years of the economic depression have been years of political reaction, and that is why the economic crisis has generated a world peace crisis.
We need new partnerships in fighting terrorism and building peace.
Anna Lindh
Politician · Swedish · 1957 – 2003
Hold me in your arms, lava lamp! Let me seek magma comfort and peace in the warmth of your kryptonite embrace.
Isabel Yosito
Artist · American · b. 1953
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela
Statesman · South African · b. 1918
I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
Mahmoud Abbas
Statesman · Palestinian · b. 1935
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.
Margaret Cavendish
Writer · English
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.
Gerry Adams
Politician · Irish · b. 1948
We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.
Boris Yeltsin
Statesman · Russian · 1931 – 2007
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
Thomas Merton
Author · American · 1915 – 1968
Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.
Paul Wellstone
Politician · American · 1944 – 2002
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Statesman · Roman
We need new partnerships for peace and security.
The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
Paul Theroux
Novelist · American · b. 1941
With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.
Theodore C. Sorensen
Lawyer · American · b. 1928
Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.
King Hussein I
Statesman · Jordanian · 1935 – 1999
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
Petrarch
Poet · Italian · 1304 – 1374
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.
Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the works of peace.
James F. Byrnes
Politician · American · 1879 – 1972