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One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
Peace with a club in hand is war.
Peace with a club in hand is war.
Nor is heaven always at peace.
[Lat., Nec sidera pacem
Semper habent.]
Nor is heaven always at peace.
[Lat., Nec sidera pacem
Semper habent.]
Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After read more
Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the read more
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the souls of men.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward read more
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace.
The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for read more
The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you read more
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.