A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of read more

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

At home the hateful names of parties cease,
And factious souls are wearied into peace.

At home the hateful names of parties cease,
And factious souls are wearied into peace.

Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place!

Oh that the desert were my dwelling-place!

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of
more service than civil war.
[Lat., Mihi enim omnis pax cum civibus bello civili utilior
videbatur.]

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am read more

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.