“You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.”
“There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.”
“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
“No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.”
“War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.”
“Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.”
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
“One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.”
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.”
“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”
“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.”
“In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.”
“If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace.”
“There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
“War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.”
“When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.”
“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”
“If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.”
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.”
“We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.”
“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.”
“Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.”
“Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.”
“Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.”
“Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.”