“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.”