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"We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies we have known are a bad memory and a continuing warning."
"Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging."
"To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style."
"If the Prince of Peace should come to earth, one of the first things he would do would be to put psychiatrists in their place."
"Everybody needs a helping hand, take a look at your fellow man."
"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace."
"Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God."
"The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk."
"Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet."
"The miracle of Grenada is how quickly the Cuban workers beat their plowshares into Soviet AK-47s."
"The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony."
"Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill."
"No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies."
"Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished."
"Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."
"In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention."
"I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another."
"To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind."
"A generation that hates war will not bring peace. A generation that loves peace will bring peace."
"Peace and love, peace and love!"
