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"I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the struggle for racial justice, but also my dealings with people, and with my own self."
"One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody's business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace."
"We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight."
"We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation."
"When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree.""
"Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace."
"Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising."
"Whatever peace I know rests in the natural world, in feeling myself a part of it, even in a small way."
"The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace"
"When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace."
"Peace is never a perfect achievement."
"Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country."
"Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects."
"The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents and children, everything is dependent on that feeling of love and warmheartedness."
"Peacemakers not only live, they rule life."
"Once you have made peace with the present moment, see what happens, what you can do or choose to do, or rather what life does through you. There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness: One With Life. Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance."
"The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you've discovered - and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well."
"I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them."
"Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues."
"Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains."
