“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
“The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.”
“The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.”
“War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.”
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”
“The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.”
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”
“The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.”
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.”
“There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.”
“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
“No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.”
“War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.”
“Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.”
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
“'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.”
“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”
“In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.”
“If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament -- disarmament follows peace.”
“There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
“When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.”
“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 we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it.”
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.”
“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves.”
“Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.”