Michael Franti Quotes

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover.

The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war.

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

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

Wise men promote peace in the world.

I think it's very important for America that we're represented as promoters of peace, love, and understanding.

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

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

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.

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.

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.

Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

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

Never underestimate or mock peace.

With violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

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

Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.