“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”

“Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.”

“We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.”

“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”

“Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.”

“I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.”

“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.”

“The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.”

“A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreements with your enemies.”