Quotes about Conflict
The absence of strife does not necessarily indicate the presence of peace.
- John Hagee
Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
- Malala Yousafzai
Mere praise of peace is easy and ineffective. What is needed is acitve participation in the fight against war and everything which leads to it.
- Albert Einstein
I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
- Mother Teresa
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.
- Shane Claiborne
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.
- Mother Teresa
There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance.
- Desmond Tutu
There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
- Henry Ward Beecher
People always make war when they say they love peace.
- DH Lawrence
We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.