The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“in the storms of your life, He wants you to know His presence, so that as you wait for His perfect timing,… — Cherie Hill Copy Share Image
“ask you to keep in mind that you will be disappointed only to the extent that your desires or expectations fall out… — Jim Bainbridge Copy Share Image
Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind:… — Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora Copy Share Image
It is the duty of youth to bring fresh new powers to bear on Social progress. Each generation of young people should… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“There are things you can change, the ones you can accomodate the ones you must avoid and the ones you definitely cannot… — James C. Uwandu Copy Share Image
Of actions some aim at what is necessary and useful, and some at what is honorable. And the preference given to one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Whenever you look to your desires and feel a high level of illusions of peace or pleasure, it's not reality. If you… — Munir Ahmad Copy Share Image
When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
Certainly I am sometimes afraid, but my hope is greater than my fear, and the biggest enemy we all face is ignorance… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“I believe like a child that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Years ago, my mother and I fell in love with Busybee’s voice, its calm, even tone, and a smile which was always… — Amit Chaudhuri Copy Share Image
“The argument that there are just wars often rests on the social system of the nation engaging in war. It is supposed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“That’s why I was calm. When you woke me in the middle of the night with your hand around my throat, and… — Julio-Alexi Genao Copy Share Image
“Loving and Leaving the Good Life: • Do the best you can, whatever arises. • Be at peace with yourself. • Find… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
She's my comforter and friend, I tell you she's that peace within. She's the lover in my home, she's the strength when… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
“Our culture encourages us to plan every moment and fill our schedules with one activity and obligation after the next, with no… — Holly Mosier Copy Share Image
The rigid electron is in my view a monster in relation to Maxwell's equations, whose innermost harmony is the principle of relativity...… — Hermann Minkowski Copy Share Image
Oh Woman, come before us, before our eyes longing for beauty, and tired of the ugliness of civilization, come in simple tunics,… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
“Dear Lord I am tired of forgiving people that offended me. Is there anyway you can fix this people's mind to do… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
If we are to reach a situation of true peace, real peace, peace for generations, we will have to make painful concessions.… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
“The moment I walk into a bookstore, I remember what I love about them. They are an oasis of intellectual calm. Perhaps… — Michael Lopp Copy Share Image
“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Tradition is the living faith of dead people to which we must add our chapter while we have the gift of life.… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that? What I… — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
“In past ages, a war, almost by definition, was something that sooner or later came to an end, usually in unmistakable victory… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When I can go just where I want to go, There is a copse of birch trees that I know; And, as… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
We're human beings we are - all of us - and that's what people are liable to forget. Human beings don't like… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The suit gave him strength, but not freedom. It gave him youth, but not peace. It gave him Lucian’s gaze— and that… — Valon G Copy Share Image
“If we suffer from dependent happiness, we are caught up in a vicious circle of expectation and deception. Constantly seeking more and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“Kipo kitu kinaendelea kufanyika katika siku zetu za furaha na katika siku zetu za huzuni kwa kila mmojawetu hapa duniani bila ya… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy… — Margot Benary-Isbert Copy Share Image
“We've evolved from the jungle, violence is in our DNA. That's not up for debate, it's a biological fact. Question is, will… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The cause of Peace has had my share of efforts, taking the ultra non-resistance ground - that a Christian cannot consistently uphold,… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
