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"The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it."
"Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing."
"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions."
"Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace."
"We have guided missiles and misguided men."
"There has always been a longing in the human heart for a more just, free, loving and creative society. But it was never before possible to fulfill these aspirations, because we had neither the evolutionary drivers and global crises to force us to change, nor did we have the scientific and technological powers that can free us from the limitations of scarcity, poverty, disease, and ignorance. This is the time of awakening for the social potential movement."
"A quiet conscience makes one strong!"
"We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains."
"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is."
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
"No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny."
"If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos."
"Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish."
"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."
"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
"If I had rubies, riches, and crowns, I'd buy the whole world and change things around."
"The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility."
"Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked men, who may endeavor to make us enemies. By living in peace, we can help and prosper one another; by waging war, we can kill and destroy many on both sides; but those who survive will not be the happier for that."
"We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God"
"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."
