Betty Williams, a 1977 Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Northern Ireland, once witnessed the bombing death of Irish children, and a little girl died in Williams's arms. The girl's legs had been severed in the explosion and thrown across the street from where the woman held the bleeding child. Williams went home in shock and despair. Later, the full impact of what she'd seen jolted her awake. She stepped outside, screaming out in the middle of the night. She knocked on doors that might easily have opened with weapons pointed at her face and cried, "What kind of people have we become that we would allow children to be killed on our streets?" Within four hours the city was awake and there were sixteen thousand names on petitions for peace. —Linda Hogan More about this quote Tags: peace weapons children bombs death shock despair Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have a friend who has devoted most of his adult life to resisting the madness of war through actions of justice and peace. He . . . lives in poverty so as to stay below the taxation level. . . . The money he "should" have given the government over the years he has donated to peace-and-justice projects. Does he have any results to show for his efforts? Has he been effective? Hardly — at least, not by the normal calculus. His years of commitment to peacemaking have been years of steady increase in wars and rumors of wars. So how does he stay healthy and sane? How does he maintain a commitment to this sort of active life? "I have never asked myself if I was being effective," he says, "but only if I was being faithful." He judges his action not by the results it gets, but by its fidelity to his own calling and identity. —Parker J. Palmer More about this quote Tags: justice war peace identity poverty government faith calling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way. —James Montgomery More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Peace begins with a smile. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: peace happiness beginings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. —Charles De Secondat More about this quote Tags: reading peace books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. —Anton Chekhov More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We make war that we may live in peace. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. —Baruch Spinoza More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from the force of character. —Benjamin Disraeli More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists. —Carlos Santana More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Yes, God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it. —George C. Marshall More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Let him who desires peace prepare for war. —Hermocrates of Syracuse More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war? —Jawaharlal Nehru More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. —Malcolm X More about this quote Tags: peace Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email