Stefan Zweig Quotes

The cause of world peace is much more important than any individual.

My priority is to ensure peace and harmony in Malaysia. That is uppermost in my mind.

To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason.

Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.

We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.

The world needs a true leader, an Obama that promotes peace and understanding in the world.

With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.

Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.'

The secret of America is compromise. Compromise is a sign of weakness in any other country. In America it is a great strength.

The main hope of harmony in our troubled world lies rather in the plurality of our identities, which intertwine with each other and are resistant to drastic divisions

There's one race on this planet. It's called the human race. We're all the same. To me, there is absolutely nothing that has color to do with it.

Peace in the world is very important.

World peace. I know it's a big ask, but I really really really want it.

I believe that soccer can be an example of understanding and peace between countries and between peoples.

Tolerance is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

Differences will always exist, but division doesn't always have to result.

Real unity tolerates dissent and rejoices in variety of outlook and tradition, recognizes that it is man's destiny to unite and not divide, and understands that creating proletariats and scapegoats and second-class citizens is a mean and contemptible activity.

Whether we are Christians or Muslims or nationalists or agnostics or atheists, we must first learn to forget our differences. If we have differences, let us differ in the closet; when we come out in front, let us not have anything to argue about until we get finished arguing with the man. If the late President Kennedy could get together with Khrushchev and exchange some wheat, we certainly have more in common with each other than Kennedy and Khrushchev had with each other.

There should be a spirit of dialogue. Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on the basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity. This is the modern reality.

We all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can get along this well, we can accomplish anything. The British policy was ‘divide and conquer.’ But I say ‘unite and conquer.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

Nothing is more vain than to seek to unite men by a philosophic minimum.