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I was born in 1962, and it seems that throughout my entire life the world has demanded peace but maintained conflict. -- Chuck Palahniuk
Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides. -- Zainab Salbi
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal. -- Martti Ahtisaari
Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace. -- Eddie Bernice Johnson
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years. -- Peter DeFazio
In the Middle East, it is clear that peace will never be reached without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A two-state solution must be found and enforced. -- Ahmed Zewail
Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war. -- William McKinley
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. -- Wangari Maathai
But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential. -- Tony Blair
The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another. -- Michael Mandelbaum
Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving problems and resolving conflicts. -- Oscar Arias
Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. -- Hjalmar Branting
Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia. -- Michael Mandelbaum
The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace. -- Martti Ahtisaari
I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement. -- Robert Mugabe
The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace. -- Arthur Henderson
There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success. -- Phil Knight
I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. -- Frank B. Kellogg
Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons. -- Joseph Rotblat
To many, peace is what enables development and is critical in providing opportunities to young people. To some - especially those from regions involved in conflict - peacekeeping and efforts to preserve peace are absolutely vital in bringing prosperity and hope for the future. -- Kim Yuna
Choose to experience peace rather than conflict. -- Gerald Jampolsky
Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it. -- Stephen L. Carter
Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace. -- Lester B. Pearson
Accepting conflict brings you closer to knowing peace. -- Bryant McGill
Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. -- Barack Obama
When the conflict deepens, none will have peace either. -- Auliq Ice
Peace is a way of constructively handling natural conflict. -- Bryant McGill
We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict. -- Paul Claudel
[Peace praxis is] a peace process that deals with conflict integratively. -- Kenneth E. Boulding
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man. -- Charlie Chaplin
Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity... -- Johan Galtung
Peace is not the absence of conflict it is authority over chaos. -- Danny Silk
Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come. -- Wasif Ali Wasif
Peace is not an easy prospect--it requires greater bravery than does conflict. -- Ozzie Zehner
If you want peace, look for it where it is, not in conflict. -- Alan Cohen
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it -- Mahatma Gandhi
If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself. -- Cheryl Richardson
They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. -- Peter Mandelson
Peace is not simply the absence of conflict, but the existence of justice for all people. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. -- Ronald Reagan
Some people can find all the peace of mind they need in a good, satisfying conflict. -- Ashleigh Brilliant
Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it. -- Scott Hawkins
So long as we are in conflict with our body, we cannot find peace of mind. -- Georg Feuerstein
I'd been conflict-phobic my entire life because I didn't want to lose my inner core of peace. -- Doreen Virtue
The transformation from separation to unity, from conflict to peace, is the goal of all spiritual traditions. -- Deepak Chopra
The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God's. -- Elisabeth Elliot
On this International Day of Peace, let us dare to imagine a world free of conflict and violence -- Kofi Annan
Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws. -- Bryant McGill
The world sees peace as the absence of conflict or pain, but Jesus offers us solace despite our suffering. -- David E. Sorensen
There is no way to escape conflict in life, and there is no way to escape peace in life. -- Bryant McGill
[In] the national and religious conflict of the [Byzantine and Saracen] empires, peace was without confidence, and war without mercy. -- Edward Gibbon
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. -- Jeane Kirkpatrick
Love does more than bring peace where there is conflict. It brings a different way of being in the world. -- Gary Zukav
Everyday ask yourself the question, "Do I want to experience Peace of Mind or do I want to experience Conflict? -- Gerald Jampolsky
Much as we don't condone impunity, if pursuit for justice was in conflict with pursuit for peace, peace must prevail. -- Bernard Membe
Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict. -- Bobby Jindal
Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality. -- Randal Marlin
It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change. -- Hillary Clinton
If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first. -- Norman Cousins
The great lesson of history for us is that strength and resolve bring peace and order, and weakness and vacillation invite chaos and conflict. -- Rick Perry
Money follows interest, and interest is largely driven by media attention, which is more easily captured by the drama of conflict than by peace. -- Romeo Dallaire
Peace of the sort that brings wholeness, harmony, and health to our lives only happens when chaos, confusion, and conflict are included and transcended. -- Harrison Owen
Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace." -- Eddie Bernice Johnson
It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning. -- Zainab Salbi
Between our way of life and communism there can be no peace, no paralyzing coexistence, no gray neutralism. There can only be conflict-total and without reconciliation. -- Ramon Magsaysay
The 'peace' the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that surpasses understanding. -- Walter Wink
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. -- Dorothy Thompson
Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. -- Dorothy Thompson
In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom. -- Thomas Merton
Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting. -- Barack Obama
For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved. -- J. J. C. Smart
We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now. -- Tony Abbott
Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens. -- Sean Hannity
If the conflict in Lebanon continues, the risk of attacks will grow. This is why we must contribute to a joint (international) responsibility and help secure peace in Lebanon. -- Wolfgang Schauble
Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians. -- Ariel Sharon
Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, nor more occasion for war. -- Peace Pilgrim

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