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Inspirational Quotes About Peace

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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“I want to live long enough see the day the people in this world put aside their differences and work hand in hand to achieve that state of acceptance of themselves and their surroundings, also known as PEACE.”
Nadia Kelifa
(born 1992);

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“Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing.”
Quincy Jones
(born 1933); Record Producer, Musician, Conductor

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“In the end the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation and creativity.”
Fritjof Capra
(born 1939); Physicist

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“We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessing of peace.”
William Gladstone
(1809-1898); Past Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom

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“It is never too late to give up our prejudices.”
Henry David Thoreau
(1817-1862); Naturalist, Author, Philosopher

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“The deepest...dream is not the hunger for money or fame; it is the dream of settling down, in peace and freedom and cooperation.”
Scott Russell Sanders
(born 1946); Novelist And Essayist

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“World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.”
John F. Kennedy
(1917-1963); 35th Us President

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“Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.”
Marcel Morin

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
Jimi Hendrix
(1942-1970); Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

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“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.”
Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900); Novelist, Playwright

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“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.”
Max De Pree
(born 1924); Author, Former Ceo Of Herman Miller, Inc.

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“To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.”
Alfred Adler
(1870-1937); Psychiatrist

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“Choose love and peace will follow. Choose peace and love will follow.”
Mary Helen Doyle

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“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968); Minister, Civil Rights Activist

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“We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”
Karl Popper
(1902-1994); Scientist, Philosopher

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“The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.”
Toni Morrison
(born 1931); Author, Editor, Professor, Nobel Prize Winner, Pulitzer Prize Winner

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“The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation.”
Tran  Duc Luong
(born 1937); President Of Vietnam

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“We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”
Robert Fulghum
(born 1937); Author, Pastor

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“Peace at home, peace in the world.”
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
(1881-1938); Founder And 1st President Of The Republic Of Turkey

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“Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.”
Norman Vincent Peale
(1898-1993); Preacher, Author

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“...religious experience, as we have studied it, cannot be cited as unequivocally supporting the infinitist belief. The only thing that it unequivocally testifies to is that we can experience union with something larger than ourselves and in that union find our greatest peace.”
William James
(1842-1910); Psychologist, Philosopher, Author

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“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”
Mohandas Gandhi
(1869-1948); Indian Political And Spiritual Leader

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