Peaceful Quotes

When we describe human relations, we usually make them better than they are: gentle, peaceful, and so forth, whereas in reality, they are often competitive.

Rene Girard

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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I feel extraordinarily peaceful when I'm watching the sun set.

Kiefer Sutherland

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The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.

James Montgomery

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To the extent that these advanced weapons or their components are treated as articles of commerce, perhaps for peaceful uses as in the Plowshare program, their cost would be well within the resources available to many large private organizations.

Herman Kahn

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Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.

Henning Mankell

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I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home.

Frederick Sanger

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There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the statements of the radical wing of Islam.

Els Borst

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I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

Bianca Jagger

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Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.

Willem de Kooning

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I now go to my dad's grave to read scripts and learn lines. It's the most peaceful place. I go to see him, and it's fantastic.

Ray Fearon

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This sounds really hokey, but I think Buddhism is the only religion that is genuinely peaceful, so I'd try to promote it in a contemporary society.

Nick Love

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My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

Jalal Talabani

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I had dreamed of visiting Bali for many years and because I had an extended family of Balinese friends in Los Angeles, I felt connected. The island is so peaceful and the smiles are constant.

Carolyn Murphy

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There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.

Jiang Qing

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Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international law. We affirm that arbitration is an open, friendly and peaceful approach to seeking a just and durable solution.

Benigno Aquino III

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Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

Maximillian Degenerez

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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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For somebody who comes from Europe, I can only say if we give up this principle of territorial integrity of countries, then we will not be able to maintain the peaceful order of Europe that we've been able to achieve.

Angela Merkel

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Consider this: The United States held its first presidential election in 1789. It marked the first peaceful transfer of executive power between parties in the fourth presidential election in 1801, and it took another 200 years' worth of presidential elections before the courts had to settle an election.

Sam Brownback

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As separate people, we are weak, but we could be a peaceful, powerful nation.

Amity Gaige

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Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

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It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.

J. William Fulbright

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