"Peace in ourselves, peace in the world." Thich Nhat Hanh

"People don't get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don't know each other. They don't know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Imagine a world in which generations of human beings come to believe that certain films were made by God or that specific software was coded by him. Imagine a future in which millions of our descendants murder each other over rival interpretations of Star Wars or Windows 98. Could anything -- anything -- be more ridiculous? And yet, this would be no more ridiculous than the world we are living in." Sam Harris, author (1967- )

"When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him." Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice." Lin Yutang

"When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand." Alex Haley

"Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both." Abraham Flexner, educator (1866-1959)

"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons." Douglas Adams, writer, dramatist, and musician (1952-2001)

"For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money." Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924)

"If we make peaceful revolution impossible, we make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy

"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." John F. Kennedy

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." Moshe Dayan, military leader and politician (1915-1981)

"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war." Maria Montessori

"The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain." Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910

"Don't fight forces, use them." R. Buckminster Fuller

"War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands." H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

"A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats." Marie De France, 12th Century

"A tragic indicator of the values of our civilization is that there's no business like war business." Douglas Mattern, peace activist (b. 1933)

"People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt." Otto von Bismarck, statesman (1815-1898)

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow." Melody Beattie

"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace." Ronald Reagan

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." Mother Teresa

“Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle.” Mahatma Gandhi

"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)

"War would end if the dead could return." Stanley Baldwin, statesman (1867-1947)

“I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.” Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, and author (1872-1970)

“What mean and cruel things men do for the love of God.” William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright, A Writer's Notebook

“Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven.” Charles Williams

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” Jimi Hendrix, musician, singer, and songwriter (1942-1970)

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Joseph Heller, novelist (1923-1999)

“The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.” Henry Boye

“A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.” Thomas Fuller

“One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein

“A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves.” German proverb

“When will the world know that peace and propagation are the two most delightful things in it?” Horace Walpole

“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)

“When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.” African Proverb

“An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)