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"For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind."
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."
"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
"I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. To return hate for hate does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. Someone must have sense enough and religion enough to cut off the chain of hate and evil, and this can only be done through love."
"We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all."
"They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility: Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above, Thy first effects, are dearer in Thine eyes, Hallowed Thy name be and the Power thereof, By every creature, as right meet it is We praise the tender effluence of Thy love. Let come to us, let come Thy kingdom's peace."
"He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace."
"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service."
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."
"A little caution outflanks a large cavalry."
"Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character."
"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."
"Let's take our babies home and abide by the curfew. I want to thank you for understanding that we want to bring peace."
"Beauty is the experience that gives us a sense of joy and a sense of peace simultaneously."
"War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes."
"When we feel happy and peaceful, our happiness and peace radiates around us, and others can enjoy it as well. This is called 'the enjoyment of others of our body of bliss'."
"It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way."
"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out... and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel.... And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man with his mouth."
"The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea."
