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I. "Nothing could be worse than the fear that one has given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world." Jane Addams
II. "No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than it's weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise." Marian Anderson
III. "Anger is an acid that can do more to the vessel in which it stands than to anything on which it is poured." Anonymous
IV. "Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions." Oscar Arias
V. "In separation lies the world's great misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength." Buddha
VI. "Better than a thousand hollow words, IS one word that brings peace." Buddha
VII. "We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves." Albert Camus
VIII. "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Winston Churchill
IX. "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." Indira Ganghi, 1971
X. " I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more war." Abbie Hoffman
XI. "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of humans as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller
XII. "The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King
XIII. "If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos." Martin Luther King Jr.
XIV. "If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." Anita Koddik
XV. "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away." Abraham Lincoln
XVI. "I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends." Abraham Lincoln
XVII. "For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. One must work at it." Eleanor Roosevelt
XVIII. "War does not determine who is right- only who is left." Betrand Russell
XIX. "God grant me the courage to change the things I can, the patience to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference." The Serenity Prayer
XX. "Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more." Oscar Wilde
XXI. "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." Malcolm X
XXII. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." John F. Kennedy
XXIII. "The only thing you have to fear is fear it's self." Franklin D. Roosevelt
XXIV. "Humanity must develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family, or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. ? Today's world requires us to accept the oneness of humanity. ? It is essential to treat each major problem, right from its inception, as a global concern. It is no longer possible to emphasize, without destructive repercussions, the national, racial, or ideological barriers which differentiate us. Within the context of our new interdependence, self-interest clearly lies in considering the interest of others." The Dalai Lama
XXV. "A human being is part of the whole, called by us the "universe." a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons close to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." Albert Einstein
XXVI. "We need to be activating deep democracy because democracy is fleeting through our fingers, and most people are unaware of it. Democracy is about dispersing power among the interconnected people. As a people, we need to rise to the level of forcing our leaders to abide by our stated principles - really exercise democracy, not only on our behalf but on behalf of the world. We need to continue, as part and parcel of the American experience created by the founding forefathers, and now the foremothers, to insist, "We want democracy to work, and that means every voice counts." Dr. Azizah al-Hibri, from Peace X Peace Original Dialogue
XXVII. "We can enhance democracy by making it in line with its original vision. Read the dollar bill - E pluribus unum, out of many, one; novus ordo seclorum, a new order of the ages. That's democracy." Barbara Marx Hubbard
XXVIII. "If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost." Aristotle
XXIX. "In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility." Norman Cousins
XXX. "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." Reinhold Niebuhr
XXXI. "It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace." Andre Gide
XXXII. "I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it." Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIII. "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. " Mother Teresa
XXXIV. "You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. ? The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. ? Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves." Black Elk, Oglala Sioux Holy Man
XXXV. "Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that 'thought comes before speech.'" Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux Chief
XXXVI. "If you talk to the women in Afghanistan, you will see their expectations are not much different from the expectations I have seen in the West. You will see women are so similar to each other no matter where they live and no matter how they were brought up or how they were educated - or even if they were not educated at all." Fatima Gailani, interviewed by Peace X Peace
XXXVII. "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." Martin Luther (attributed)
XXXVIII. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
XXXIX. "When an individual takes a decision and it becomes a collective to stand up to injustice at the human level, at the collective personal level, then the tanks and shells pale in significance." Hanan Ashrawi
XXXX. "We're in a time when relationships and supporting one another are crucial. To be healed and made whole and one, there must be a dialogue of sharing and understanding one another -- a time of healing, and a time of forgiving one another in order that we may connect and be able to inspire one another to do the things we need to do to become one. The name of this game is becoming one." W.C. Harris
XXXXI. "I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared-for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." Mother Teresa
XXXXII. "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, not establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out had: only love can do that." Martin Luther King
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