Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Quotes

War is what happens when language fails.

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

Calm can solve all issues.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

Our position is that we can sit down and talk to try to solve our problems through dialogue.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

You have to talk to them before you think about bombing them.

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

Every conflict can be removed.

I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don't know.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.

If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

That which neither weapon nor flame could accomplish will be achieved by a sweet speaking tongue in council.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.