“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.”

“I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.”

“There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life and believe that a change of the political and economic system will make them available. World peace must be based on world plenty.”

“The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.”

“Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.”

“We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.”

“Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.”

“We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.”

“In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure.”

“For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace.”

“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.”

“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”

“The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.”

“When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch.”

“Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.”

“I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.”

“The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.”

“Most of the approaches to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, have been directed at trying to resolve the most complex problems, like refugees and Jerusalem, which is akin to building the pyramid from the top down.”

“If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.”

“Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.”

“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”