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“And He will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and neither will they learn war anymore.” – the Prophet Isaiah – Isa. 2:4 –the BIBLE – On the United Nations Plaza in New York
Nothing I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes—good will toward men and peace on earth. – Albert Einstein
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. – Mohandas Gandhi
Of all religions, the Christian should, of course, inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. – Voltaire
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. – Confucius
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we do about peace. We know more about killing than we do about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. – {General} Omar Bradley
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them? – Abraham Lincoln
The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule begins. – Soren Kierkegaard
Forgiveness is love practiced among people who love poorly. It sets us free without wanting anything in return. – Henry Nouwen
“Your choice is simple—Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you.” – Klatuu (Michael Rennie) to the people of Earth. – THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. – Ronald Reagan
So long as a government sets the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill them. – Elbert Hubbard
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou
To be angry is easy, but to be angry with the right man and at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy. – Aristotle
Without forgiveness there is no future. – Desmond Tutu
See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction. – George W. Bush
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“My Kingdom is no part of this world. If my Kingdom were part of this world, my attendants Would Have Fought so that I should not be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my Kingdom is not from this source.” – Jesus Christ to Pilate – John 18:36 – Apostle John – The BIBLE
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi
It is forbidden to kill—therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers to the sound of trumpets. – Voltaire
A house divided against itself cannot stand. – Abraham Lincoln
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Getting angry can be like getting into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the moter, taking off at high speed, and then discovering the brakes are out of order. – Maggie Scaf
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus
Anger is not only inevitable, it is necessary. Its absence means indifference, the most disastrous of all human failings. – Arthur Ponsomby
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Indira Gandhi
Since wisdom can be called “earned” knowledge, it is forcefully persuasive when dealing with the futility of war. It reinforces the thought that believing in war takes on the same conviction that one has in defending his own religious faith. It also reinforces in our mind that the absence of war does not necessarily mean real peace. – Gary Pulliam
We can’t all be heroes, somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they walk by. – Will Rogers
Isolation is a punishment that feels forced upon you. Solitude is aloneness that you choose and embrace. Great things can come out of solitude, out of going to a place that is all quiet, except the beating of your heart. – Jeanne Laskes
Fear is pain rising from the anticipation of evil. – Aristotle
“Dad used to say, ‘the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.’” – Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) – MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
No! – Probably the most used quote in human history
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher
Always forgive your enemies—nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. – Frederick Douglass
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But besides all these things, clothe yourself with love, for it is a perfect bond of union. – Apostle Paul – Col. 3:14 – The BIBLE
“My idea has always been, if we could bring the mothers of the various nations together, there would be no more war.”– Ruth Wilcox (Vanessa Redgrave) –HOWARD’END – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Screenplay)
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. – Bill Clinton
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire
Whatever begins in anger ends in shame. – Winston Churchill
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi
“I know a way out of hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed, a little boy about this high, and raise him as your own. Only be sure he is a Muslim, and raise him as one.” – Ben Kingsley as Gandhi to a Hindu murderer. – GANDHI – John Briley- (Screenplay)
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. – George Bernard Shaw
Beside the act of saving someone’s life, perhaps the greatest act in the human experience is the personal sacrifice we make when we forgive someone. – Gary Pulliam
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. – Aristotle
The directions in which society is moving have become infinitely more complex, and for many of us the dilemmas are terrifying. What guidance can professional historians offer to confused people today? Not very much, it seems. – Pardon E. Tillinghast (Historian)
Anger is the condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind. – Anonymous
We are being confronted by something so outside our collective experience that we don’t really see it, even when the evidence is overwhelming. For us, that something is a blitz of enormous biological and physical alterations in the world that has been sustaining us. – Ed Ayres – A GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Loving your enemies may be a lot to ask, but how about treating your friends a little better? – E. W. Howe
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true design. – Denis Diderot
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“This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true god, and the one who sent, Jesus Christ.” – Jesus Christ – John 17:3 – Apostle John – The BIBLE
I’ve learned that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of thmost peaceful things in the world. – Andy Rooney
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato
The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist-deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five. – Carl Sagan
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace. – Aristotle
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer
In the 11th century the Church looked to the Crusades, strengthening the idea and acceptability of Holy War. This position was looked to as a great failing of the Church by many theologians. – Gary Pulliam
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love. – Mohandas Gandhi
A new form of religious community appeared for the first time in history: not a nation celebrating its patriotic cult, but a voluntary group, in which social, racial and national distinctions were transcended: men and women coming together as individuals, before their God. – Paul Johnson – A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. – Jimi Hendrix
It is not right to exult over slain men. – Homer
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. – Albert Schweitzer
In the early Christian Church the followers of Christ based everything on Jesus’ teachings and ruled out as illicit all use of violence and injury against others. This clearly implied the illegitimacy of the participation in war. The early Christians took Jesus at his word, and understood the inculcations of gentleness and non-resistance at their literal sense. They closely identified their religion with peace. They strongly condemned bloodshed. – THE EARLY CHRISTIAN’S ATTITUDE TOWARD WAR
The best way to end a war is not to begin it. – Unknown
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to violence on their behalf. – George Orwell
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“Further, reject foolish and ignorant debates, knowing that they produce fights. A slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all, showing restraint when wronged, instructing with mildness those not favorable disposed.” – Apostle Paul – 2 Tim.2:23-25a – THE BIBLE
I would rather have peace in the world than be President. – Harry S. Truman
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mohandas Gandhi
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it seems more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one who inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. – Marianne Williamson
“Two children are standing up to their armpits in a swimming pool full of gasoline. They stand rigid, with unbending determination, facing each other. They are both holding a book of matches, daring each other to see who strikes the first match. The first one who strikes the match—will not necessarily be the winner. And so it goes; the eternal struggle for world supremacy, the age-old conflict that WAR is the answer when nations or peoples have differences of opinion in ideology, culture, or national boundary disputes.” – Gary Pulliam – AN INDICTMENT ON WAR (Based on Carl Sagan’s illustration)
It is not enough that we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Even the bacteria in the Middle East hate each other. – Anonymous
You may either win your peace, or buy it: win it by resistance to evil, buy it by compromise to evil. – John Ruskin
A peace that depends on fear is nothing but suppressed war. – Henry Van Dyke
True Christians were strangers & pilgrims in the world around them; their citizenship was in heaven, the kingdom to which they looked was not a part of the world. Their lack of interest in public affairs was from the outset a noticeable feature of Christianity. – E. G. Hardy – CHRISTIANITY and the ROMAN GOVERNMENT
“Little people, why can’t we all just get along?” – U.S. President Dale (Jack Nicholson) – MARS ATTACKS!
If you make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. – Nelson Mandela
Peace and happiness are what you covet, but then are only obtained by labor. – Thomas a Kempis
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“You heard that it was said: ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ However, I say to you: Do not resist the one who is wicked, but whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other also to him.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 5:38,39 – Apostle Matthew – The BIBLE (Sermon on the Mount)
Peace is a daily, a weekley, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. – John F. Kennedy
Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of the average family. – Kin Hubbard
Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. – Woodrow Wilson
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Too many Christians think if they shout loud enough and gain political strength, the world will be improved. That is false doctrine. I have never seen anyone “converted” to a Christian’s point of view through political power.” – Cal Thomas – 2005
Do not tell me peace has broken out. – Bertholt Brecht
Religious leaders & politicians will NEVER be able to get rid of evil! Jesus came as PRINCE of PEACE! His next move will be as the Warrior King. – Gary Pulliam
It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. – William Ralph Inge
“But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.”–King David – Ps. 37:11 – The BIBLE
Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading. – Unknown
We use to wonder when war lived, what was it that made it so vile? And now we realize we know when it lives, that it is inside ourselves. – Albert Camus
An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind. – Mohandas Gandhi
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see the world slowly being transferred into a wilderness. I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will somehow turn out for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. – Anne Frank
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“You heard that it was said: ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those who persecute you.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 5:43, 44 – Apostle Matthew – The BIBLE (Sermon on the Mount)
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. – Gerald Jampolsky
Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle the conflict by peaceful means. – Ronald Reagan
Peace with a club in hand is war. – Unknown
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. – C.S. Lewis
Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. – Menachem Begin
Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come. – Carl Sandberg
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. – (General) Goerge S. Patton
“Finally bothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well-spoken of, whatever things are virtuous, whatever things are praiseworthy, continue considering these things. The things that you learned as well as accepted and heard and saw in connection with me, practice these, and the God of peace will be with you.” – Apostle Paul – Phil. 4:8, 9 – The BIBLE
