Berry Gordy Quotes

Every fight should be settled through love and dialogue.

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.

Do you know what the root of mediation is? Mediocrity!

I don’t always agree with my wife, but we discuss the issue with love and respect. And then I say “yes.”

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

It becomes a conqueror to conciliate.

One should not maintain a dispute.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

There is no conflict in the world that cannot be solved.

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

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

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

A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated.

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.

Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

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

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

You can only end a negotiation for peace if you begin it.

Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.

Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one another.

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