“A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.”

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“Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.”
- Karen Salmansohn
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“If you want peace, work for justice.”
- Pope Paul VI
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“Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.”
- Thomas Aquinas
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“A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.”
- Gersonides
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“Peace as a positive condition of society, not merely as an interim between wars, is something so unknown that it casts no images on the mind’s screen.”
- Denise Levertov
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“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.”
- Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
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“Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.”
- Anna Julia Cooper
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“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”
- Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
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“Peace is an environment where conflicts are resolved without violence, where people are free, not exploited, living so they can grow to their full potential.”
- Gerard A. Vanderhaar
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“We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.”
- Rigoberta Menchu
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“Respect for the rights of others means peace.”
- Benito Juàrez
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“Peace equals the ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity.”
- Johan Galtung
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“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
- Martin Luther King Jr
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“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict, alternatives to violence.”
- Dorothy Thompson C
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“To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.”
- Zen Proverb
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“Peace of mind is not found by escaping life’s challenges, but by facing them with courage and serenity.”
- Unknown
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“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
- Ram Dass
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“A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.”
- Dalai Lama
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“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”
- Maha Ghosananda
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“Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.”
- Marianne Williamson
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“Peace begins when expectation ends.”
- Sri Chinmoy
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“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
- Indira Gandhi
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Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
- Ronald Reagan
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“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
- Mahatma Gandhi