Its fairly well established that violence never solves anything. And if anything, violence begets more violence, not only in the U.S. but abroad. While everyone wants to give peace a chance, it is much harder to achieve than going to war over some nonsense. Peace quotes, some penned by the most brilliant minds of our times or any time Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lennon who help us see the folly of pursuing war in lieu of peace. Through their peace quotes, writing, songs and pleas, we can understand that we are more similar than different, for ultimately we are all members of one human race.
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"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
Written in a Letter to Josiah Quincy (11 September 1783)
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"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others (2010) pg. 330
Taken from a private lesson that Mother Theresa gave to her fellow sisters of the cloth.
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"Anytime I am looking to somebody else as my source, I'm coming from scarcity. I am no longer trusting God, or the Universe, for my harvest. It's reasonable for me to have expectations based on what somebody I trust has committed to. And it's natural for me to feel disappointed when that somebody doesn't come through. But when I feel more than disappointment, when I also feel anger, it's because I deviated from my truth. It's because I compromised my truth to get what somebody else promised. Because when I'm really following my truth, I will be at peace with the consequences whatever they are. I can accept somebody else's truth, but I must live my own truth. And sometimes that means walking away from a relationship."
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Along with Paul McCartney, who he met in a skiffle band in school, John Lennon went on to become one of the most profound and prolific songwriters, composers and performers in the history of music. Playing up to eight hours in small nightclubs early in their career, The Beatles broke out onto the world scene and forever changed the face of music, thanks in large part to the songwriting talent of Lennon and McCartney. Though they stopped touring in 1966, The Beatles continued to redefine music until they broke up four years later. Lennon re-emerged on the music scene in 1980 with his Do…
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