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Great phrases and reflections on Peace
But… what have been the most famous phrases and who were those who pronounced them? Here we bring you the 75 most famous phrases about peace .
1. Even peace can be bought at too high a price. (Benjamin Franklin)
Not everything is lawful to achieve the desired peace.
2. Peacekeeping begins with the self-satisfaction of each individual. (Dalai Lama)
Inner peace is also the path to peace with others.
3. Peace begins with a smile. (Theresa of Calcutta)
Peace in a society begins with each individual.
4. In international affairs, peace is a period of cheating between two fights. (Ambrose Bierce)
Sometimes peace is just a mirage.
5. Everyone wants peace, and to ensure it, they make more weapons than ever. (Antonio Mingote)
If you want a lasting peace, you have to be prepared for the worst situation.
6. Either we all walk towards peace together, or we will never find it. (Benjamin Franklin)
Peace is achieved with agreements and consensus.
7. I am at peace with God. My conflict is with man. (Charlie Chaplin)
Wars are always the result of human weaknesses.
8. Peace is to the world what yeast is to the dough. (The Talmud)
In times of peace, everything goes up!
9. There is no way to peace, peace is the way. (Mahatma Gandhi)
The only way to prosper is in times of peace.
10. Men build many walls but few bridges. (Isaac Newton)
Understanding is essential between people.
11. Courage is the price that life demands to grant peace. (Amelia Earhart)
To achieve peace you also have to be brave.
12. You cannot separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace, unless they have their freedom. (Malcolm X)
Peace and freedom always go hand in hand.
13. Peace is the only battle worth fighting. (Albert Camus)
No war is worth it. .
14. Peace is the target where they direct their intent and the good to which all things aspire. (Fray Luis de Leon)
Peace is the end to which we aspire as a society.
15. If people asked for peace instead of a new television, there would be peace in the world. (John Lennon)
Capitalism is one of the main reasons why a war is started.
16. Being prepared for war is one of the most effective means of keeping the peace. (George Washington)
Always be prepared for any setback.
17. An eye for an eye everyone will go blind. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Revenge gets us nowhere, and Gandhi knew it. .
18. The peace obtained at the point of the sword is nothing more than a truce. (Pierre Joseph Proudhon)
Peace is achieved with words, not with weapons.
19. The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)
Wars are never justified.
20. Peace is not for sale. (Bond)
Peace is not achieved by buying it and Bono, the singer of U2, is clear about it.
21. There has never been a good war or a bad peace. (Benjamin Franklin)
The former president of the United States was always a defender of peace.
22. Peace is a gift from God and, at the same time, a task for everyone. (John Paul II)
Peace is achieved if the whole society strives to achieve it.
23. It is not enough to win the war; more important is to organize peace. (Aristotle)
A military defeat does not mean the end of hostilities between two societies.
24. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Jesus of Nazareth)
Jesus was always the bearer of peace.
25. We must take care of the world, protect love, peace, justice. (Chavela Vargas)
The four pillars of a healthy society.
26. Education is the vaccine against violence. (Benjamin Franklin)
Ignorance is the main cause of violence in society.
27. Before we achieve world peace we have to find peace in the streets. (Tupac Shakur)
Tupac was aware that the gang war that ended his life would not get anywhere.
28. Luminous peace. A life of harmony on a happy land. Endless peace, true peace. (Rafael Alberto)
Peace is a period of tranquility and harmony.
29. I dream of an Africa at peace with itself. (Nelson Mandela)
Africa is still in the long-awaited search for peace.
30. Peace comes from within. Don’t look for it outside. (Buddha)
Peace begins with oneself.
31. War is the cowardly solution to the problems of peace. (Thomas Mann)
Wars are the result of not reaching consensus in times of peace.
32. Courageous people are not afraid to forgive for the sake of peace. (Nelson Mandela)
It is preferable to make concessions in a conflict than not to continue with a war.
33. Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and must be achieved step by step. (Lyndon B Johnson)
The hard journey towards peace is slow and cumbersome.
34. He who in peace for war sighs, can now say goodbye to pleasure and happiness. (Goeth)
He who wants a war does not know how to value the benefits of peace.
35. Peace that at dawn he gets up and at night he does not die. (Rafael Alberto)
Alberti wished for a lasting and prosperous peace.
36. We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. (Dwight D Eisenhower)
Personal freedoms arrive on the wings of peace.
37. My first wish is to see this plague of humanity, war, banished from the earth. (George Washington)
Washington wanted peace for all of society.
38. Those who love peace must learn to organize themselves in the most efficient way as those who love war. (Martin Luther King)
Martin Luther King makes an old Latin proverb his own.
39. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You can say that I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I hope that one day you will join us, and the world will be one. (John Lennon)
John Lennon was well known for his pacifist and fraternity ideas.
40. We must focus not only on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace. (Martin Luther King)
To achieve peace, not only is it enough to turn your back on war, you also have to mobilize in favor of said peace.
41. Respect for the rights of others is peace. (Benito Juarez)
Rights as an individual are the beginning of any peaceful society.
42. In Flanders the only settlement is a bad peace, or a good war. (Count-Duke of Olivares)
Sometimes to achieve peace war is inevitable.
43. A certain peace is better and safer than an expected victory. (Livy Titus)
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
44. An unjust peace is preferable to a just war. (Samuel Butler)
War is never justified.
45. Peace must be defended at all costs, even with war. (Thomas W Wilson)
War is not an option but Thomas W. Wilson was willing to do anything to defend his nation.
46. Peace is the supreme conquest that fosters true progress. (Arturo Umberto Illia)
Peace is necessary for progress.
47. Peace needs and deserves time, needs and deserves prudence, needs and deserves patience after more than thirty years of terrorism and violence. (José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain)
The end of the war with the terrorist group ETA marked the beginning of a time of peace in Spain.
48. Peace is not written with blood letters, but with intelligence and the heart. (John Paul II)
Peace is achieved with reason and empathy.
49. Pacifists are like sheep who believe that the wolf is a vegetarian. (Yves Montand)
Peace is not achieved if one of the parties is not willing to cooperate.
50. Fighting for peace is like drinking for sobriety. (anti-war slogan)
Armed conflicts are not the path to peace.
51. There has never been a good war or a bad peace. (Baltasar Gracian)
War is never positive just as peace is never negative for a society.
52. That making peace are also usually triumphs of war. (Pedro Calderon De La Barca)
Reaching agreements always favors both parties.
53. If we want to enjoy peace, we must watch over our weapons well; if we lay down our arms we will never have peace. (Cicero)
In ancient times, peace has always been sought through the use of weapons.
54. Without harmony there can be neither a well-governed state nor a well-managed house. (Xenophon)
Understanding is necessary for the common good.
55. If you see pacem for bellum. (Translation: If you want peace, prepare war.) (Latin proverb)
Being prepared for anything can be a smart idea.
56. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know what peace is. (Jimi Hendrix)
Love and brotherhood are essential for a society to live in peace.
57. Humanity must end war or war will end humanity. (John F. Kennedy)
Peace is the way to the future and war to the past.
58. In war: resolution. In defeat: challenge. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: good will. (Winston S.Churchill)
Winston Churchill showed himself to his compatriots during the Second World War.
59. It is not enough to talk about peace, you must believe in it. It is not enough to believe in it, you must work for it. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
We must all do our bit to achieve peace.
60. It is not enough to win the war; more important is to organize peace. (Aristotle)
The exits of a conflict are usually complicated and also a key moment for the development of a peaceful society.
61. If you can’t find peace in yourself, you will never find it in anyone else. (Marvin Gaye)
Seek peace with yourself first before seeking it with those around you.
62. The purpose of all war is peace. (San Agustin)
Peace is always the common goal.
63. Let’s have peace. (Ulysses S. Grant)
General Ulysses S. Grant left this quote that shows his weariness with the situation he experienced during the Civil War.
64. We must all make peace, so that we can all live in peace. (Jean Bertrand Aristide)
Peace comes only with general consensus.
65. The most valuable possession you can have is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is to be an instrument of peace. (Carlos Santana)
We can all do our part to spread peace wherever we are.
66. In peace, children bury their parents. In war, parents bury their children. (Herodotus)
War is unjust for all those who suffer it,
67. Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, it is the goal of all evolution. We will continue to be wild, until we can stop harming all other living things. (Thomas A. Edison)
Reason shows us the path we must follow to achieve peace.
68. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. (San Francisco de Asis)
This saint was always a staunch pacifist throughout his life.
69. A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. (Gersonides)
Submitting is not synonymous with pacifying and both situations lead to very different outcomes.
70. Nothing is more valuable than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the progress of humanity. (Daisaku Ikeda)
Peace is the starting box for development.
71. Vegetarianism is a connection to perfection and peace. (River Phoenix)
Veganism is also a way to bring peace to the animal world.
72. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. (George Orwell)
Sometimes certain things are unavoidable.
73. Give me love, give me peace, give me light, give me life. (George Harrison)
Harrison was also, like Lennon, a renowned pacifist.
74. Let there be peace on Earth and start with me. There is nothing else to do but be. (Stephen Levin)
For peace to bear fruit, start by sowing it yourself.
75. Peace is not unity in similarity, but unity in diversity, in comparison and reconciliation of differences. (Mikhail Gorbachev)
The former Russian leader explains that reaching the necessary consensus to achieve peace is always the most complicated.
To the classic question “what do you do?” I always answer “basically I am a psychologist”. In fact, my academic training has revolved around the psychology of development, education and community, a field of study influenced my volunteer activities, as well as my first work experiences in personal services.