“You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.”

“You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.”

“Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.”

“We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.”

“A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.”

“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.”

“Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.”

“Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”

“The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.”