Let compassion, humanity and love find their way around us in these troubled times, from where they are, from the depths of our souls, let us pray as much as possible for those in need, for us and our loved ones, to help where we can take care of ourselves and, above all, understand why peace of mind and peace of mind are so important to our peace on earth.
In a war, there are no winners and losers, everyone loses. When someone next to you or a loved one dies or is in pain, pain, trauma and tears, no one wins. The only solution for life is peace.
Here are some quotes from some personalities of the world who will give you various objective perspectives on peace and war and will answer, perhaps, your questions about what peace really means and how we can cultivate it.
Quotes and thoughts of enlightened minds about war and violence, about the power of love and peace
“How short the time we spend here on earth is! Truly, the time is short to love, to give, to make amends for sins. So it’s not fair to waste it, to throw this priceless treasure out the window. We cannot neglect this time spent on earth, a time that God has entrusted to each of us. When you put your life in order, your time will increase. ” Saint Josemaría
“One evening, as we were lying wearily on the floor of the barracks, with the tables of soup in our palms, a prisoner burst in and called us outside, on the meeting ground, to see with him the beauty of the sunset. We went out after the dance to see the bright clouds to the west, to our left, and the whole sky covered with clouds with changing shapes and colors, from metallic blue to blood red. The desolate ashes of the dirty huts provided a stark contrast to the spectacle in the sky, while the streams of water on the muddy ground reflected it in all its splendor. After about ten minutes of emotional silence, one of us said to another, “How beautiful the world could be!” Viktor Frankl
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved through understanding. ” Albert Einstein
So the fight is not between us and those around us or the events of life, but it is between us and us, that inner fight is the one that is exhausting. ”
“Violence is impractical because it is a downward spiral that ends in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent instead of gaining his understanding, he seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred instead of love. It destroys communities and makes brotherhood impossible. It attracts society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends in defeat on its own. It creates bitterness in survivors and brutality in destroyers. ” Martin Luther King Jr.
“Not only must we know the arguments of all parties in any debate, but we must also consider in the most serious way the questions that are not asked and their implications for those involved.” Bishop Barber
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to manage conflict through peaceful means.” Ronald Reagan
“All people’s misery comes from not being able to sit alone in a quiet room.” Blaise Pascal
“Peace comes from contributing our best and our best to creating a world that supports everyone. But it also means securing space for others to contribute their best and their best. ” Hafsat Abiola
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ” Nelson Mandela
“We, the ones who went through the camps, remember those who went from hut to hut to comfort the others, offering them the last corner of the bread. They may not have been numerous, but their existence attests to the fact that a human being can lose anything but one thing: the last of human freedoms – the choice of the answer in any situation, the choice of one’s own way of reacting. ” Viktor Frankl
“Fatigue comes from the being’s struggle with life. When you oppose life, judging, criticizing, manipulating yourself, you lose your life and get tired, and it is normal because it goes against the flow. Love is the flow of life. Peace, tranquility, are obtained when you let life flow through you and you no longer resist something.
Then you let yourself be carried away by the flow of life, you did not resist. Then you opened your heart. You get tired when you search with your mind, your heart never gets tired. And the mind is constantly searching, it always finds something else to cling to, but in essence the mind is looking for peace.
“Responding to hatred by hatred multiplies hatred by adding an even deeper darkness to an already starless night. Darkness cannot drive away darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive away hatred; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hatred, violence multiplies violence, and cruelty multiplies cruelty in a downward spiral of destruction. ” Martin Luther king Jr. – “Loving your enemies”, Strength to love
“When the rich go to war, the poor are the ones who die”. Jean-Paul Sartre
“Man must discover how to resolve any conflict without revenge, aggression and war. The foundation of this method is love. ” Martin Luther King
“Don’t ask where God was at Auschwitz, wonder where man was! To forget, to be silent, to be indifferent to those around you, are some of the greatest sins. ” Elie Wiesel
“The first step toward nonviolence is to cultivate in our daily lives, between us, authenticity, humility, tolerance, and loving kindness.” Mahatma Gandhi
“War is a place where young people, who do not know and hate each other, kill themselves by decisions of elders who know and hate each other, but do not kill themselves” – Erich Hartmann
“It simply came to our notice then. When human lives are in danger, when human dignity is threatened, national borders and sensibilities become irrelevant. Whenever women and men are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political perspective, that place – at that moment – becomes the center of the universe. ” Elie Wiesel
“Eye for an eye and the world will go blind.” Mahatma Gandhi
“I am convinced that love is the strongest force in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious command of a utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Responding to hate with hatred does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. One must have enough feeling and enough religion to cut off the chains of hatred and evil, and this can only be done through love. ” Martin Luther King Jr. (1957)
Have you ever been tired while rejoicing, loving, praying
“Never think that a war, no matter how necessary or justified ”. Ernest Hemingway, 1946
“Take care of your light and protect it. Move it further into the world and have full confidence that if we connect light to light and put together the lights of the billion young people in our world today, it would be enough to make the whole planet shine. ” Hafsat Abiola
“One evening, as we were lying wearily on the floor of the barracks, with the tables of soup in our palms, a prisoner burst in and called us outside, on the meeting ground, to see with him the beauty of the sunset. We went out after the dance to see the bright clouds to the west, to our left, and the whole sky covered with clouds with changing shapes and colors, from metallic blue to blood red. The desolate ashes of the dirty huts provided a stark contrast to the spectacle in the sky, while the streams of water on the muddy ground reflected it in all its splendor. After about ten minutes of emotional silence, one of us said to another, “How beautiful the world could be!” Viktor Frankl
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved through understanding. ” Albert Einstein
So the fight is not between us and those around us or the events of life, but it is between us and us, that inner fight is the one that is exhausting. ”
“Violence is impractical because it is a downward spiral that ends in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent instead of gaining his understanding, he seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred instead of love. It destroys communities and makes brotherhood impossible. It attracts society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends in defeat on its own. It creates bitterness in survivors and brutality in destroyers. ” Martin Luther King Jr.
“Not only must we know the arguments of all parties in any debate, but we must also consider in the most serious way the questions that are not asked and their implications for those involved.” Bishop Barber
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to manage conflict through peaceful means.” Ronald Reagan
“All people’s misery comes from not being able to sit alone in a quiet room.” Blaise Pascal
“Peace comes from contributing our best and our best to creating a world that supports everyone. But it also means securing space for others to contribute their best and their best. ” Hafsat Abiola
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ” Nelson Mandela
“We, the ones who went through the camps, remember those who went from hut to hut to comfort the others, offering them the last corner of the bread. They may not have been numerous, but their existence attests to the fact that a human being can lose anything but one thing: the last of human freedoms – the choice of the answer in any situation, the choice of one’s own way of reacting. ” Viktor Frankl
“Fatigue comes from the being’s struggle with life. When you oppose life, judging, criticizing, manipulating yourself, you lose your life and get tired, and it is normal because it goes against the flow. Love is the flow of life. Peace, tranquility, are obtained when you let life flow through you and you no longer resist something.
Then you let yourself be carried away by the flow of life, you did not resist. Then you opened your heart. You get tired when you search with your mind, your heart never gets tired. And the mind is constantly searching, it always finds something else to cling to, but in essence the mind is looking for peace.
“Responding to hatred by hatred multiplies hatred by adding an even deeper darkness to an already starless night. Darkness cannot drive away darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive away hatred; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hatred, violence multiplies violence, and cruelty multiplies cruelty in a downward spiral of destruction. ” Martin Luther king Jr. – “Loving your enemies”, Strength to love
“When the rich go to war, the poor are the ones who die”. Jean-Paul Sartre
“Man must discover how to resolve any conflict without revenge, aggression and war. The foundation of this method is love. ” Martin Luther King
“Don’t ask where God was at Auschwitz, wonder where man was! To forget, to be silent, to be indifferent to those around you, are some of the greatest sins. ” Elie Wiesel
“The first step toward nonviolence is to cultivate in our daily lives, between us, authenticity, humility, tolerance, and loving kindness.” Mahatma Gandhi
“War is a place where young people, who do not know and hate each other, kill themselves by decisions of elders who know and hate each other, but do not kill themselves” – Erich Hartmann
“It simply came to our notice then. When human lives are in danger, when human dignity is threatened, national borders and sensibilities become irrelevant. Whenever women and men are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political perspective, that place – at that moment – becomes the center of the universe. ” Elie Wiesel
“Eye for an eye and the world will go blind.” Mahatma Gandhi
“I am convinced that love is the strongest force in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism. Far from being the pious command of a utopian dreamer, love is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Responding to hate with hatred does nothing but intensify the existence of evil in the universe. One must have enough feeling and enough religion to cut off the chains of hatred and evil, and this can only be done through love. ” Martin Luther King Jr. (1957)
Have you ever been tired while rejoicing, loving, praying
“Never think that a war, no matter how necessary or justified ”. Ernest Hemingway, 1946
“Take care of your light and protect it. Move it further into the world and have full confidence that if we connect light to light and put together the lights of the billion young people in our world today, it would be enough to make the whole planet shine. ” Hafsat Abiola
