“Bomb the world with music, pizza and poetry you idiots, not Semtex, C4 and RDX.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule!” — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Mankind must learn to coexist with each other to create a peaceful world.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Waging peace means we erase lines that tell us whose children are worthy to survive and whose children are disposable.” — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“If you really want peace, what is there to talk about? It’s when you really don’t want peace, that you want to… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In some ways, the challenges are even more daunting than they were at the peak of the cold war. Not only do… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When engaged in safe occupations, and living in healthy countries, men are much more apt to be frugal, than in unhealthy, or… — John Rae Copy Share Image
“There is no time for patience - there is no time for diplomacy - there is no time for policies, legislations and… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Love is what I'm arming my son's with to go out in an angry and hurting world. This is the truest gift… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself.… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
As long as our restlessness, anxiety, and feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Violence isn't only bombs and bullets, it can be speaking words that dehumanize and looking away when someone needs you to lean… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“It's our responsibility to sift the beliefs we've been given through the lens of self-sacrificing love- because it's not love if it… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Good literature is one key to peace. When we stop reading each other, when we stop paying attention to each other's words… — Dave DiGrazie Copy Share Image
Grow a garden, give food away, resist the temptation to give into hate, change it up and try peacemaking for once, love… — Tripp York Copy Share Image
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
“Peace may be hard to achieve, but is possible with small yet essential steps that are guided by courage and sufficient commitment.” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that… — Hafsat Abiola Copy Share Image
Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
“You can build something new, one person, one relationship, one meal at a time. You can build friendships instead of watering the… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Avoiding conflict isn’t peacemaking. Avoiding conflict means running away from the mess while peacemaking means running into the middle of it. Peacemaking… — Peggy Haymes Copy Share Image
