Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. read more

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it

But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all read more

But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.

Bring to a boil
Add oil
Then bomb
Ms Roy is author of the God of Small Things.

Bring to a boil
Add oil
Then bomb
Ms Roy is author of the God of Small Things.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed read more

President Sadat was killed by an extremist Muslim
President Rabin was killed by an extremist Jew
Mahatma Gandhi was killed by an extremist Hindu
at Cleveland City Club..
(to which could be added:
Many American soldiers have been killed by extremist Christians).

There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin.

There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of read more

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.