Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.

Violence doesn't interest me very much.

Respect for the rights of others means peace.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

You don't kill your way to peace.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.

History is not hatred.

Freedom is won by violence, but needs mutual tolerance to survive.

We know more about war than we do about peace.

We go about peace in a very belligerent way, don't we.

Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastation.

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings and actions that make for peace and freedom. Conversely almost nobody wants war or tyranny; but a great many people find an intense pleasure in the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for war and tyranny.

I want peace and am willing to fight for it.

Violence against violence? That will never solve the problem.

The sad truth is that the opposite of 'war' is not 'peace'.

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

Make peace, you fools!

You don't promote the cause of peace by talking only to people with whom you agree.

The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.