Peace Quotes

“In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.”

-- Desmond Tutu

“I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.”

-- Cheryl James

“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

-- Wendell Berry

“Let us have peace.”

-- Ulysses S. Grant

“Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.”

-- Daniel Pipes

“The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.”

-- Peace Pilgrim

“Most fear stems from sin to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.”

-- Marvin Gaye

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

-- Dalai Lama

“There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.”

-- Elihu Root

“The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.”

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower