Peace
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"Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are."
"Peace at Home, Peace in the World."
"There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace."
"Unity, peace and security will come through the recognition—intelligently assessed—of the evils which have led to the present world situation, and then through the taking of those wise, compassionate and understanding steps which will lead to the establishing of right human relations, to the substitution of cooperation for the present competitive system, and by the education of the masses in every land as to the nature of true goodwill and its hitherto unused potency."
"What at this moment appears to prevent world unity... ? The answer is not hard to find and involves all nations: nationalism, capitalism, competition, blind stupid greed.The mass of men need arousing to see that good comes to all men alike and not just to a few privileged groups, and to learn also that "hatred ceases not by hatred but that hatred ceases by love". This love is not a sentiment, but practical goodwill, expressing itself through individuals, in communities and among nations."
"Peace lies in the harmonious development of our body, mind and soul. Sometimes it is seen that some persons enjoy the bliss of self-realization but their bodies are sickly; again, there are some who enjoy the bliss of health but their minds are corrupt and undeveloped. Perfect Peace is beyond our grasp if our body, mind and soul are not harmonious developed."
"To have peace you must make peace with your enemy. To make peace only with your friends is to avoid the issue, and to permit a great principle to become absurd."
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men."
"Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place!"
"My name is Charles Xavier. I am a mutant. And once upon a time I had a dream... of a world where all Earth's children, both mutant and baseline human, might live together in peace. This isn't it. This is today's reality."
"Peace cannot just be wished; it involves hard work, courage and persistence... Let us harness our collective energies to create a culture of peace and a land of prosperity."
"The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, "Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.""
"When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right (or then the mind sees right); when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world."
"What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace."
"We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties."
"That’s what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn’t matter."
"Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keeps peace."
"Yes, God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it."
"The Puritans had accused the Quakers of "troubling the world by preaching peace to it." They refused to pay church taxes; they refused to bear arms; they refused to swear allegiance to any government."
"Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power."
"I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself and God."
"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles."
"Peace is often portrayed as a lofty, almost utopian aspiration. Yet, history [shows consistently, that] peace is fragile and unsustainable when justice is absent. … When justice is compromised, social peace [erodes quickly], giving way to unrest, instability, and cycles of conflict. … It is tempting for governments to frame peace as a security matter—policing, surveillance, or military preparedness. However, peace enforced through coercion is temporary and brittle. True social peace arises from legitimacy, which depends on justice. For this reason, justice is a domestic responsibility that must be prioritized."
"How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is inseparable from righteousness, unites us to God and strengthens us against temptations. The peace of the soul consists in an absolute resignation to the will of God."
"Peace is a practical positive policy, which must be attained by friendly co-operation between the nations, putting the good of all before the interests of each."