Peace Quotes

I always thought the desert was the antithesis of peace - something that attacks you. So you don't go to the desert for peace.

Sam Shepard
- Peace
- Thought
- Desert
There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

Fran Lebowitz
- Death
- Peace
- Behavior

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.

Jenny Shipley
- Women
- Desire
- Decision
But the current convulsions arising out of the Arab Spring remind us that a just and lasting peace cannot be measured only by agreements between nations. It must also be measured by our ability to resolve conflict and promote justice within nations.

Barack Obama
- Peace
- Justice
- Spring
My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

David Mamet
- Family
- Perfect
- Die
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives.

Saint Teresa of Avila
- People
- Real
- May
Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.

Ban Ki-moon
- People
- Peace
- Prosperity
I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain—especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state.

Albert Einstein