Thomas Chatterton Williams Quotes

As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be.

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.

Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.

My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.

The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.

There is no way to peace; peace is the way.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

When you boil war down or all conflict down to two people, it's a great advert for humanity sometimes. People can find connections with each other, regardless of the bigger picture.

We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

It is not good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace

If you want peace, you have to accept the other. Talk to the other, and accept that they have rights.

I am keen and anxious for the safety of both the Jews and the Palestinians.

I went to Pakistan; I engaged in peace. If a hand extended is not shaken, what are you supposed to do?

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

I think I've always had that orientation to try to understand the humanity behind people with whom I disagree.

Sometimes I wonder if there is any hope left for an Israeli-Palestinian discourse that is built on equality and liberty rather than a fruitless discourse of master and servant.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.

My mother always used to say, 'There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.'

Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

I must believe that in words we will find what in fury we cannot.