Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
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