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Watching the news today and everyone critizing the Phillipino government for pulling out of Iraq in turn for the life of one of their own, I got sad. The practice of compassion is obviously lost on the American masses. So here I've put down some of my favorite quotes that promote peace. Corny and cliche, but I feel it's important.


It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
~Alfred Adler

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.
~Swahili Proverb

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

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.
~John Boyes

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
~Vera Brittain

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
~Siddhartha Guatama

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
~Cesar Chavez

You know, if people are not pacifists, it's not their fault. It's because society puts them in that spot. You've got to change it. You don't just change a man - you've got to change his environment as you do it.
~Cesar Chavez

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
~Thich Nhat Hanh