Quotes about Peace
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that love away.
— Henri Nouwen
For we no longer take up "sword against nation," nor do we "learn war any more," having become children of peace, for the sake of Jesus, who is our leader.
— Origen
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The root of war is fear.
— Thomas Merton
If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.
— CS Lewis
I believe war is the inevitable fruit of our economic system.
— Helen Keller
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
— James Madison
It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
— JRR Tolkien
[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
— John F. Kennedy
Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal its horrors. They indoctrinate children with hatred. I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.
— Albert Einstein
The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.
— George Bernard Shaw
War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.
— John F. Kennedy