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“So, I got peace, and that’s the peace of the Lord. It’s an answer for me, and I’m here now.”
Peter Shalulile (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blood will stream over Europe until the nations become aware of the frightful madness which drives them in circles. And then, struck by celestial music and made gentle, they approach their former altars all together, hear about the works of peace, and hold a great celebration of peace with fervent tears before the smoking altars.”
Novalis (attributed) first seen 1942 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the Fourth Leaflet of the White Rose (1942)
“In peace, prepare for war. In war, prepare for peace.”
Sun Tzu (misattributed) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sometimes erroneously prepended to the opening line "The art of war is of vital importance to the State", but appears to be a variation of the Roman motto "Si vis pacem, para bellum". It is not clear who first misattrib…
“Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well: Treason has done his worst; nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I was floating in a peaceful sea, rescued by a sinking ship.”
Aaron Weiss first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: January 1979.
“Seek within. All power dwells in you, infinite power for good. Realise your real nature and be perennially happy and peaceful.”
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Soviet Army, Air Force and Navy are strong enough to thwart any attempts of imperalist reaction to disrupt the peaceful labor of our people or the unity and solidarity of the socialist camp.”
Rodion Malinovsky (1898–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Diplomacy of Power: Soviet Armed Forces as a Political Instrument" - Page 93 - by Stephen S. Kaplan - Political Science - 1981
“I admire anyone who's genuinely trying to achieve spiritual enlightenment and live a peaceful life. But religious dogma is a barrier to that. The last thing a dogmatist wants is for anyone to be enlightened, any more than a pharmaceutical company wants anybody cured.”
Pat Condell (born 1949) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Time Out London" (2006)
“Anthropologists have promulgated the myth of the peaceful savage so effectively that when actual deaths by war are tabulated for prestate simple societies, one is astonished by how such a notion can continue to be taught to students.”
Lloyd deMause (1931–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unto Thee, O Lord, the Soul of Creation cried: "For whom didst Thou create me, and who so fashioned me? Feuds and fury, violence and the insolence of might have oppressed me; None have I to protect me save Thee; Command for me then the blessings of a settled, peaceful life.”
“Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's enough just to be without hypocrisy, dogmatism, arrogance — embracing all opposites.”
Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom (2000) by Gill Farrer Halls, p. 162
“For a moment, sitting there in above the city, I imagined life outside narcissism. I wondered how beautiful it might be to think of others as more important than myself. I wondered at how peaceful it might be not to be pestered by that childish voice that wants for pleasures and attention. I wondered what it would be like not to live in a house of mirrors, everywhere I go being reminded of myself.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Imagine that we didn't know the chimpanzee, that all we knew were those bonobos who have sex all the time and are peaceful and female-dominated and that people would say that this is our only close relative. I think we would have totally different theories about ourselves and our background. But, of course, it didn't happen that way.”
Frans de Waal (1948–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Far beneath the tainted foam That frets above our peaceful home, We dream in joy and wake in love Nor know the rage that yells above.”
John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1795–1828) said by 1828 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Deep, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). See also Harriet Beecher Stowe, When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean.
“Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.”
Sarah Palin (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must defend the values of pluralism, peaceful coexistence and the rule of law."”
Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Manmohan Singh. 'Terror single biggest threat' The Hindustan Times; New Delhi. 02 Aug 2008.
“Japan is at the heart of India’s Look East Policy. It is also a key partner in our economic development and in our quest for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Asia and the world. Anchored in our shared values and interests, the partnership between a strong and economically resurgent Japan and a transforming and rapidly growing India can be an effective force of good for the region.”
Manmohan Singh (1932–2024) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Japan, as quoted in "Media Statements of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe at the press event held after the annual India-Japan summit level meeting", Ministry of External Affai…
“He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We work very closely together on the issue of annexation of Crimea and Russia’s attempt to actually conquer Ukraine. And actually they did so -- conquered part of the territory. We tried to come to a peaceful settlement here on this.”
Angela Merkel (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Queen Mab: For love men will mutilate themselves and murder rivals. For love will even a peaceful man go to war. For Love, man will destroy himself, and do so willingly.”
Jim Butcher (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the face of (Mainland) China's suppression, Taiwan's sincerity towards our friends (states with diplomatic relations with ROC) remains unchanged, as does our position regarding maintaining the peaceful and prosperous status quo in the Asia-Pacific region.”
Tsai Ing-wen (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trust yourselves, my brethren, to the immortal love and perfect work of the Divine Saviour, and by His dear might your days will advance by peaceful stages, whereof each gathers up and carries forward the blessings of all that went before, to a death which shall be a birth.”
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“AAB actively campaigns to reduce aggression and counter bullying by creating peaceful campaigns such as Cyberkind.”
Louise Burfitt-Dons (born 1953) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Taken from campaign speech at House of Lords (November 11 2009)
“In a little while it will be all over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die. A day of reckoning will come to our enemies and of jubilee to my people. The hated yoke of English domination and arrogance will be broken in this land, and the long-suffering victims of their injustice will, with God's blessing, re-enter into the peaceful enjoyment of their possessions.”
Louis Riel (1844–1885) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter from Batoche, N.W. T. to The Irish World (6 May 1885), also published as " An Appeal for Justice" in The Gibbet of Regina : The Truth about Riel, Sir John A. Macdonald and His Cabinet Before Public Opinion, by On…
“Love and affection calms the horse. Provided you can administer these before you are bitten, trampled or kicked to death. Meanwhile step back out of harm's way. Murmur quiet peaceful words. There, there now. Easy there. Quietly now. Good old fellow.”
J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The spiritual process is just to create the right kind of chemistry, where you are naturally peaceful, naturally joyous. When you are joyous by your very own nature, when you don't have to do anything to be happy, then the very dimension of your life, the very way you perceive and express yourself in the world will change. The very way you experience your life will change.”
“People on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are Chinese. China will not commit to giving up the un-peaceful means for reunification because this is a deterrent”
Qin Gang (born 1966) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: China's ambassador to the U.S. warns of 'military conflict' over Taiwan" in NPR (28 January 2022)
“May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The people of Babylon blessed my kingship, and I settled all the lands in peaceful abodes.”
Cyrus the Great (600–530 BC) said by 530 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a peaceful man, captain. I rely more on my cerebral cortex than my guns.”
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The narrow way, the way of holiness, not only leads to life, but it is life. Walking there, serene are our days, peaceful our nights, happy — high above the disorders and miseries of a wretched world—shall be our hourly communion with God; happy — full of assurance, of calm and sacred triumph, shall be our dying hour.”
Richard Fuller (minister) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One defining issue over which New Conservatives and liberals practically converge: Islam is peaceful, except for a few bad Abduls.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Trump Doesn’t Need to Talk Like A Conservative," The Unz Review, March 19, 2016.
“Self-government, and not imposed government, implies that society, and not The State, is to develop value systems. The State's role is to protect citizens as they go about their business peacefully, living in accordance with their peaceful values.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beware The Values Cudgel," The Daily Caller, February 2, 2017
“Christ is a rock in a weary land, a covert from the tempest of Divine justice, receiving through the ages the snows of Divine mercy, and melting them for the green pastures and still waters of God's peaceful flock — a rock against which wicked men and devils have breathed their empty curses in vain, for eighteen hundred years.”
Edward Thomson (1810–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.”
Virginia Henderson (1897–1996) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Henderson, V., The Nature of Nursing (1966), New York: Macmillan Publishing, page 15.
“The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go,Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow.”
Hal David (1921–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How about we have been dead and what we must do after we die? Why we go to the churches when we are living because I think the divines and Christs are dead in the churches and provide the services, cares and merrys on our lived people. And we received the peaceful mind from them and held a better life than before.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most constructive of the anarchists were, socially speaking, individualists, peaceful and harmless. The least constructive, socially speaking, were dedicated to the overthrow of force by counter force. But without exception, in the realm of economics every anarchist comes unglued.”
Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There can be no doubt that our descendants will learn to exploit the energy of fusion for peaceful purposes even before its use becomes necessary for the preservation of human civilization.”
Lev Artsimovich (1909–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wally George: Why do you call it rape rock? El Duce: Well, because it's a man's rock. Wally George: Are you trying to tell me you little pervert that go along with and encourage rape? El Duce: Well, no. Only peaceful rape. That's when the girl's passed out.”
Eldon Hoke (1958–1997) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Mentors on Hot seat, 1992.
“El Duce: You know I believe in peaceful rape. You know when the broad passes out... drugs... that's... I see the green light go on. It's time to make whoopy, baby, yeah!”
Eldon Hoke (1958–1997) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El Duce, The Man, The Myth, The Video (1993) by Reverend Cuntbag
“We should aim for peaceful coexistence at least and transcultural synergy at best.”
Nayef Al-Rodhan (born 1959) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Symbiotic Realism: A Theory of International Relations in an Instant and an Interdependent World, p. 124 (2007)
“[Although the natural sciences are indispensable to human survival,] this does not mean that people would be able to solve the problems that face us, peaceful coexistence of peoples and the preservation of the balance of nature, with science as such. It is obvious that not mathematics but the linguistic nature of people is the basis of human civilization.”
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ästhetik und Poetik I. Kunst als Aussage (Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1993), p. 342; as quoted in Andrew Bowie, Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy (Cambridge: Polity, 2013), p. 15
“Because it’s not that women are more peaceful. Women are more thoughtful. So in solving conflict, most times the conversation is primarily around militarism, power and all of those things. And women are the ones who come to the table with conversations about reopening hospitals and schools and providing food and shelter and safety zone for the vast majority of the people.”
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Girls are the first casualties of war through forced marriage, rape, sexual assault, and unplanned and forced pregnancy. They are barred access to school and to opportunities, among other realities that consort to restrict and eviscerate girls’ abilities to define their future. Peaceful and inclusive societies expand the arc of possibility for individuals and families.”
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking on how her work with girls connect to building peace and inclusive societies. Interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee 2011
“Already into the last week of October! The dying fall holds only loneliness. In the garden the chrysanthemums bloom, beautiful, peaceful, as they did a year ago, but the autumn leaves, falling one by one, only make me sad.”
Park Chung-hee (1917–1979) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diary entry (October 1974), as quoted in The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History Revised and Updated (2001), by Don Oberdorfer, p. 55.
“A free and peaceful new world without exploitation and oppression was the age-long dream and ideal of humanity”
Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The art of government has grown from its seeds in the tiny city-states of Greece to become the political mode of half the world. So let us dream of a world in which all states, great and small, work together for the peaceful flowering of the republic of man.”
Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Seeds of Peace : A Catalogue of Quotations (1986) by Jeanne Larson and Madge Micheels, p. 265
“To the defense forces: The Polish nation has refused my efforts for a peaceful regulation of neighborly relationsl instead it has appealed to weapons.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reported 1 September 1939 (the full proclamation available via the TimesMachine) in The New York Times "Hitler Gives Word" special cable from Otto D. Tolischus who was later awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1940 "for his d…
“There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any means to further your cause, since the end justifies the means. As an international community, we must oppose this notion, whether it be in Canada, in the United States, or anywhere else. No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means.”
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech on the October Crisis (October 1970), quoted in Louis, Fournier, F.L.Q: The Anatomy of an Underground movement (Toronto: NC Press Limited, 1984), p. 256
“Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source