“Peace is not just an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, and a disposition for benevolence, confidence and justice.”
— Spinoza (1656)“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”
— Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.”
— Agatha Christie“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
— Benjamin Franklin“If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.”
— David W. Brooks“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower“Peace is not achieved by controlling nations, but mastering our thoughts.”
— John Harricharan“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”
— Maha Ghosananda“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.”
— George Bernard Shaw“Peace starts with a smile.”
— Mother Teresa“If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.”
— David W. Brooks“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
— Indira Gandhi“Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.”
— Lao Tzu“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”
— Mahatma Gandhi“If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful.”
— C.S. LewisThe goal of Peace Dot is to show how we're making progress toward peace in concrete, measurable ways.