Ubuntu Quotes · Page 2

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

— Therese of Lisieux

No one is so foolish as to prefer to peace, war, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their…

— Croesus

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

— John F. Kennedy

Freedom is like taking a bath: You got to keep doing it every day.

— Florynce Kennedy

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

— Peter Ustinov

Ubuntu tells us that we can create a more peaceful world by striving for goodness in each moment, wherever we are.

— Desmond Tutu

Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.

— Indira Gandhi

We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.

— Bayard Rustin

One day we shall win freedom, but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the…

— Pope John Paul II

Violence produces only something resembling justice, but it distances people from the possibility of living justly, without violence.

— Leo Tolstoy

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

— Leo Tolstoy

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a…

— Ludwig von Mises

Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or…

— Ralph Bunche

I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Very few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total…

— David Dellinger

There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace…

— Toni Morrison

If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little…

— Chan Khong

Peace is a condition of the heart. It's a state of mind, of tranquility, of calmness, and of centeredness. It's an understanding…

— Dennis Kucinich

Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold.…

— Anonymous

Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take…

— Pope John Paul II

The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not…

— Molly Ivins

To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. The objective of…

— Ralph Bunche

The common bond of humanity and decency that we share is stronger than any conflict, any adversity. Fighting for your convictions is…

— Wes Moore

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

— Florence Nightingale

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

— Abraham Lincoln

What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.

— Elie Wiesel

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.

— Marshall McLuhan

The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative.

— Hildegard Goss-Mayr

I think that most of us would say that ubuntu basically speaks about what it means to be human.

— Desmond Tutu

In the name of peace They waged the wars ain't they got no shame

— Nikki Giovanni

Ubuntu is about a community coming together to help one another.

— Paul Pierce

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

— Marcus Aurelius

When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."

— Martin Luther

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.

— Alice Walker

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor.

— Agnes Repplier

Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.

— Desmond Tutu

The earth is too small a star and we too brief a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the…

— Colman McCarthy

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

— Maggie Kuhn