Daniel Barenboim Quotes

Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.

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

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.

We want a full peace, normalization in all fields.

Religions themselves are... peace-loving. They can also be a constructive force in peace-building, and this also applies to the Middle East.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King.

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.

Like most Americans, I hope and wish is that there is a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict. Unfortunately, there are extremists on both sides who oppose a peaceful resolution and instead choose violence.

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.

All issues, therefore, must be resolved through dialogue and there can be no place for violence. Negativity and rejection cannot be the path for a vibrant country that is moving to seek its destiny.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

The mortal mind alone cannot devise an answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the true answer lies on a level of consciousness that's beyond our mortal thinking. Quite simply, when it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, we need a miracle.

We will work toward maintaining the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in order to bring the greatest benefits and well-being to the Taiwanese people.