Biblio | Beyond Intractability

For 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.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

- Abraham Lincoln

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

- William E. Gladstone

Historians are among the major enemies of the human race, interested only in the glorification of war and the despicable concept of national greatness.

- Kenneth Boulding

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

- Hannah Arendt

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

- Helen Keller

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.

- John F. Kennedy

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

- David Hume

If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for.

- Chinese Proverb

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

- Augustine of Hippo

For 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.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

- Thomas Mann

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

- Albert Einstein

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

- Helen Keller

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow