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1. “I would teach peace rather than war, love rather than hate.”

Albert Einstein

Teaching, Peace, War, Love, Hate

2. “Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace, International Relations, Love, Unity, Humanity

3. “If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being – we can do it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace, Freedom, Growth, Humanity, Responsibility

4. “We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.”

Nelson Mandela

War, Peace, Human Dignity, Rights, Oppression

5. “Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

Abraham Lincoln

Peace, Compromise, Litigation, Law, Morality

6. “Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.”

William Shakespeare

Love, Comfort, Sunshine, Rain, Peace

7. “Peace? I hate the word as I hate hell and all Montagues.”

William Shakespeare

Hate, War, Peace, Montagues, Conflict

8. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Eye for Eye, Blindness, Revenge, Peace, Humanity

9. “You can’t shake hands with a closed fist.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Handshake, Peace, Openness, Dialogue, Connection

10. “A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed.”

Winston Churchill

Unity, Division, Compromise, Peace, Survival

11. “If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.”

Winston Churchill

Prosperity, Peace, Humanity, Cooperation, Sustainability

12. “Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Peace, Organization, Strategy, Justice, Advocacy

13. “Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties.”

C.S. Lewis

Peace, Faith, Difficulties, Spirituality, Reflection

14. “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”

Nelson Mandela

Peace, Africa, Unity, Aspiration, Vision

15. “Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.”

Nelson Mandela

Leadership, Tolerance, Respect, Peace, Conflict Resolution

16. “Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.”

Nelson Mandela

Goodwill, Unity, Peace, Solutions, Collaboration

17. “But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man’s best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free.”

Mark Twain

Death, Peace, Release, Suffering, Reflection

18. “I don’t feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.”

Franz Kafka

Self, Pride, Solitude, Peace, Nature, Reflection

19. “With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act, with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is the true home of the spirit of humanity.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Friendship, Peace, Humanity, Non-violence, Unity

20. “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Peace, Inner peace, Resilience, Self-discovery, Stability

21. “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Harmony, Integrity, Purity, Peace, Self-Improvement

22. “Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Truth, Ahimsa, Eternal, Justice, Peace

23. “Even if the whole of India, ranged on one side, were to declare that Hindu-Muslim unity is impossible, I will declare that it is perfectly possible.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Unity, Hindu-Muslim, India, Belief, Peace

24. “If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Enemy, Peace, Nonviolence, Response, Forgiveness

25. “Perhaps in His wisdom, the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Leadership, Wisdom, Peace, Unity, Collaboration

26. “I think it is impossible for one human being really to know another without first knowing and being at peace with himself.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self-awareness, Relationships, Understanding, Peace, Connection

27. “Friendship with one’s self is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self-Acceptance, Friendship, Self-Love, Relationships, Peace

28. “I cannot believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

War, Peace, Humanity, Loss, Wisdom

29. “Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.”

Winston Churchill

Peace, Diplomacy, Contact, Timing, Humanity

30. “All stress comes from resisting what is.”

Oprah Winfrey

Stress, Acceptance, Mindfulness, Peace, Balance

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