Inspiration

Peace Quotes

Words of wisdom from history's greatest advocates for peace and nonviolence.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

— Nelson Mandela

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

— Desmond Tutu

"Peace begins with a smile."

— Mother Teresa

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

— Mother Teresa

"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way."

— A.J. Muste

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

— Dalai Lama

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"Do your little bit of good where you are."

— Desmond Tutu

"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict."

— Dorothy Thompson

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