Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daniel Berrigan

There are no makers of peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent.

Daniel Berrigan

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

Daniel Berrigan

Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total - but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial.

Daniel Berrigan

Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children. How many must die before our voices are heard, how many must be tortured, dislocated, starved, maddened? When, at what point, will you say no to this war?

Daniel Berrigan

Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.

Clint Eastwood

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

E. B. White

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

E. B. White

Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.

Douglas Horton

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

Donald Trump

We want to achieve a stable, peaceful world with less conflict and more common ground.

Dan Brown

Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their government's differences.

Curtis LeMay

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

Curtis Jackson

Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record.

Coretta Scott King

...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.

Coretta Scott King

How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? How long will it take?

Confucius

One joy dispels a hundred cares.

Daniel Tammet

You don't have to be disabled to be different, because everybody's different.

Darryl Strawberry

The only place I've found peace in my life is in church. I owe my life to God.

Dalai Lama

When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.

Dalai Lama

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

Dalai Lama

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

Dalai Lama

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Dalai Lama

A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

Dalai Lama

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Dalai Lama

As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

Dolores Huerta

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

Dick Gregory

The jelly-bean eating thug says that national defense is important. But national defense starts at home.

Desmond Tutu

We have an extraordinary God. God is a mighty God, but this God needs you. When someone is hungry, bread doesn't come down from heaven. When God wants to feed the hungry, you and I must feed the hungry. And now God wants peace in the world.

Desmond Tutu

There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance.

Desmond Tutu

Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

Desmond Tutu

Peace without justice is an impossibility.

Desmond Tutu

Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Light is stronger than darkness. Life is stronger than death. Victory is ours through Him who loved us.

Delmore Schwartz

Love is the tact of every good, The only warmth, the only peace.