We will not have peace by afterthought.
–Norman Cousins (1915 โ 1990)
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
–Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 โ 1968)
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
–Nelson Mandela (1918 โ 2013)
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
–Ronald Reagan (1911 โ 2004)
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.
–John Lennon (1940 โ 1980)
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
-Dalai Lama (b. 1935)
Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
–Ludwig von Mises (1881 โ 1973)
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
–Thomas Paine (1737 โ 1809)
The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school, and in the workplace.
–Silvia Cartwright (b. 1943)
I think it’s naive to pray for world peace if we’re not going to change the form in which we live.
–Godfrey Reggio (b. 1940)
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Lovely job, Ben.
I wonder what world peace would look like.
Robert.
โค Robert โค ~ I often wonder that same thing myself. *sigh*
BTW, please feel free to call me ‘David’, which is my first name. The word ‘ben’ simply means ‘son of’ in Hebrew, and my father’s name was ‘Alexander’… I created this blog in his memory.
I know this is confusing because ‘Ben’ is also a name in English – I’m sorry about that!
Take good care,
David
B’ezrat HaShem we shall find our peaceful world some day, David. ๐
โฎ๏ธ Robert โฎ๏ธ ~ Amen, amen!
Peace canโt come without effort. Letโs work towards it. ๐
๐ Terveen ๐
All pertinent quotes. This was my first time reading Thomas Paineโs quote; the feeling it produced was powerful and true.
๐ Bardie ๐
So much truth is these quotes, David! The Dalai Lamma’s words spoke to me. โค
๐โค๏ธ Cheryl โค๏ธ๐
As they say, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. We canโt change the world without changing ourselves. (K)
๐ exactly, Kerfe ๐
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โค๏ธ๐ Filipa ๐โค๏ธ
Great quote selection David. We desperately need people who work for peace now.
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A great collection. Thank you.
I was shocked to read that a year ago Europe was refusing to share COVID vaccines with Ukraine. Today we gift them armaments. Russia offered them vaccines, which they refused. Today they are bombarded. What does this say about our values?
๐ Tricia ๐
True quotes…all of them.
๐๐ Bridget ๐๐ ~ did you see my response to your poem?
No, let me look!
Awwwwww, thank you so much. You just made my day (weekend/month) ๐ ๐๐
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*hug*