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" Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within. "

Sandra Cisneros

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

Maximillian Degenerez

" This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. "

" It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" Peace is not a state - it is a choice, and you have to remake it every day. It's possible to get a sort of stability, a habit of peace, but it's like an egg balanced, spinning, on its point: lose your momentum, and your equilibrium is gone, too. "

" China will always remain the builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and upholder of international order. "

" I liked the books I read that said things like 'I shan't'. I would try to find a way to say in my life, to reply, 'I shan't do that, mother.' That was so far away from my barrio world. "

Sandra Cisneros

" The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things. "

" If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end. "

" When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing. "

" I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. "

" Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.' "

" In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. "

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Misunderstanding

" The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it? "

Sandra Cisneros

" Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" One of the primary purposes of civilization - and certainly its primary strength - is the guarantee that family life can flourish in unity, peace, and order. "

" We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray. "

" I just absolutely needed the theatre so desperately - it was my fate; it was where I was running towards. It was the place where I found peace and survival and all kinds of things. "

" My father always defined my gender to my brothers. He'd say, 'This is your sister; you must take care of her.' "

Sandra Cisneros

" I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. "

Sandra Cisneros

" The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. "

Norman Schwarzkopf

" There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. "

" America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. "

" I declare that I will establish peace in this world. "

" We make war that we may live in peace. "

" Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. "

" We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect. "

" Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges. "

" I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything. "

Caroline Kennedy

" In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement. "

" Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! "