“Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.”

“We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.”

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

“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.”

“Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.”

“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”

“The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.”

“But only art and music have the power to bring peace.”

“I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.”

“If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.”

“The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.”

“I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, 'Look, I want to be very clear about what I want.' I just - I don't want a peace process, I want a peace result.”

“Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.”

“Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.”

“I really love peace and quiet.”

“The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution, built on international law, for sustainable peace and development, and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.”

“Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.”

“Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!”

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

“But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.”

“Weird people follow you in the streets, you can't sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.”