Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Peace Quotes
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 on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.
Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.
Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one’s country?
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.
We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
I know a profound pattern humans deny with words even while their actions affirm it. They say they seek security and quiet, conditions they call peace. Even as they speak, they create seeds of turmoil and violence.
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.