peace quotes

Wise, inspirational and philosophical quotes about peace – the best peace quote collection by famous authors, politicians, celebrities and others.

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. ”

— Winston Churchill

“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”

— John Lennon

“Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. ”

— William Shakespeare

“War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“
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

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”

— John Lennon

“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”

— John Lennon

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ”

— John Lennon

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. ”

— John Lennon

“All we are saying is give peace a chance. ”

— John Lennon

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. ”

— John Lennon

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

— Martin Luther King

“God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.”

— Heraclitus

“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.”

— Charlie Chaplin

“I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”

— Woody Allen

“We make war that we may live in peace.”

— Aristotle

“Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.”

— Mother Teresa

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”

— Abraham Maslow

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

— George Orwell

“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ”

— Winston Churchill

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. ”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”

— Andre Gide

“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”

— Franklin Roosevelt

peace quotes

Wise, inspirational and philosophical quotes about peace – the best peace quote collection by famous authors, politicians, celebrities and others.

“Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.”

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.”

“War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”

“Love and peace are eternal.”

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war. ”

“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”

“Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.”

“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. ”

“War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.”

“
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.
”

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”

“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. ”

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. ”

“All we are saying is give peace a chance. ”

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. ”

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”

“God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.”

“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.”

“I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”

“We make war that we may live in peace.”

“Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.”

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

“If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ”

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.”

“The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. ”

“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”

“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”