My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
Thomas Hardy

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
Thomas Hobbes

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.
Gerald Jampolsky

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

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Gerald Jampolsky

Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.
Gerald Jampolsky

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.
Gerald Jampolsky

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.
Grover Cleveland

Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.
Grover Cleveland

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.
Joseph Conrad

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.
Ho Chi Minh

Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.
Yoko Ono

I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged.
Maurice Strong

Making peace is harder than making war.
Adlai E. Stevenson

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it's vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to it's security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
Adlai E. Stevenson

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
Adlai E. Stevenson

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention.
Adlai E. Stevenson

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.
Adlai E. Stevenson

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
Ovid

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
Dag Hammarskjold