He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than others their opinions more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?

When elephants fight, ants get killed.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.