Famous Quotes & Sayings

George Harrison

If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.

George Harrison

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

Jeannette Rankin

I worked for suffrage for years, and got it. I've worked for peace for 55 years and haven't come close.

Jeannette Rankin

You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.

Jeannette Rankin

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

Jeannette Rankin

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

Jeannette Rankin

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

Jennifer James

Each of us seeks peace of mind, but we sometimes fear that it means giving up excitement and ecstasy. Peace sounds like contentment, which sounds like settling, letting the fire go out. Actually, peace of mind allows you to go more deeply into the world and consequently to experience more excitement and ecstasy. The fire burns brighter, fueled by awareness instead of anxiety.

Jennifer James

There is a fear of peace that I don't understand. Witness the old epithet "peaceniks," the association of peace with weakness. We mistake kindness for weakness in individuals, too. Gandhi found the essence of Christianity to be gentleness, the exaltation of means over ends. Using violence, against us or them, to achieve peace is like beating children to get them to be good. It only works in the short term. Believe in peace, think peace, live peace. Be a building-block of peace. Make it the center of your strength.

Jean-Paul Sartre

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

Jean-Paul Sartre

...Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population...

Jean-Paul Sartre

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

Georges Clemenceau

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Georges Clemenceau

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

George Whitefield

But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.

George Will

If there were 10,000 U.S. forces ashore [in Lebanon], authorized to move about, there would be less risk to American lives than there is with an immobile force of 1,300.

George Will

World War II was the last government program that really worked.

Jim Garrison

I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.

Jerry Pournelle

Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's Legions. The Pax Brittanica was enforced by the Royal Navy and His Majesty's Forces.

Jerry Pournelle

Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, works only as long as it works; it does not know what to do if deterrence fails, for it envisions no defensive capabilities. A deterrent works until it is needed; then one needs defenses.

Elvis Costello

Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru

What we need is a generation of peace.

Jawaharlal Nehru

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

Jawaharlal Nehru

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

Hillary Clinton

There is still work to be done, but that remains a crucial lesson, you cannot bring peace and security to people just by signing an agreement. In fact, most peace agreements don't last.

Hillary Clinton

No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family's care. But at the same time, government can either support or undermine families as they cope with moral, social and economic stresses of caring for children.

Herbert Read

In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.

Herbert Hoover

It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.

Esther Hicks

The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you've discovered - and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well.