From Antony and Cleopatra

The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world shall bear the olive freely.

William Shakespeare

Patience for peace

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith."

Pope John Paul II

Arriving to peace

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

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creating peace

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict; alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

Dorothy Thompson, U.S. foreign correspondent

Environment for Peace

Peace is an environment where conflicts are resolved without violence, where people are free, not exploited, living so they can grow to their full potential.

Gerard Vanderhaar

Perspectives

When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people."

Frank Borman, Astronaut

Connectedness

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth."

Chief Seattle

Do your best

Do your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest road to peace.

Confucius

The power of love

Hate never dispelled hate.
Only love can dispel hate.

Buddhist proverb