Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. read more

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.

Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our read more

Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our liberty, we must be ready to fight for it.

I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet
you do not hear the screams or read more

I was a bombadier in WW 2. When you are up 30,000 feet
you do not hear the screams or smell the blood or see
those without limbs or eyes. It was not til I read
Hersey's Hiroshima that I realized what bomber pilots do.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among
themselves.
Ojibway Tribe.

No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among
themselves.
Ojibway Tribe.

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of read more

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.