Ambition Quote by Petrarch

Five great enemies of peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Peace isn't the absence of wars provoked by a series of delinquents of all sort, but a dynamic process of cooperation between states and…

— Dr Ahmed Padia Binkatabana

The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended,

— Benjamin Netanyahu

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

— Paul Claudel

Peace is a virtual, mute, sustained victory of potential powers against probable greeds

— Paul Valery

Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace

— Anonymous

“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.”

— Baruch Spinoza

“...we will have peace to the degree that we are less envious of others' situations, less threatened by others' accomplishments, less concerned with others'…

— Patricia T. Holland

“peace revolves to others stupined”

— Kehl Richard

That peace that we're after, lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself. You can…

— Jim Carrey

It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness.

— Katherine Paterson

[Peace] cannot be honorable or secure, if the sovereign betrays a pusillanimous aversion to war.

— Edward Gibbon