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Peace

Quotations from the Wayside

We must be at war with evil but at peace with man.
LORD ACTON

It is harder to live in peace than to die by violence.
ANONYMOUS

A space station we can build but peace on earth takes more brains.
CHARLES BALFOUR

Our hatred of war should only be excelled by our commitment to peace.
TIMOTHY HUME BEHRENDT

The war to end war will not be fought with guns.
LOWELL H. COATE

Be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
II CORINTHIANS 13:11

Peace is not a foreign idea.
W. E. B. DU BOIS

Peace is a blessing, and, like most blessings, it must be earned.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

May I win no victory that harms either me or my opponent.
EUSEBIUS

Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.
DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

If we cannot agree, let us at any rate agree to differ, but let us part as friends.
MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH

Keep thyself first in peace, and then thou wilt be able to bring others to peace.
THOMAS A KEMPIS

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
LAO TZU

Let us do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
MATTHEW 5:9

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife.
PROVERBS 20:3

How beautiful are the dwellings of peace, where the holiness of God abideth.
ROLLO RUSSELL

Peace is the nature of God.
SWAMI SATCHIDANANDA

There is no way to peace; peace is the way.
MAURICE SCHWARTZ

Observe good faith and justice towards all nations.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
WOODROW WILSON

We should build in each heart a wall against war.
TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI

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