Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes

Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

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.

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

Peace at any price

I have desired as sincerely as any man—I sometimes think more than any other man—that our present difficulties might be settled without the shedding of blood.

The John Lewis I know is a peacemaker.

I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.

We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.

Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.

We have got to extend the hand of friendship, we have got to take the peacelines down brick by brick

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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.

I call on everyone of goodwill both in Ireland and abroad to join now in ensuring that the beginning of peace becomes a reality, before this year is out. Let us together open a new era in our history.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our homes in our own native land.

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

There will be no fighting. We know that these fellows won’t fight.

It is our duty to persuade the nations of the world, in whatever way that we can, to settle their differences in some other way. (Other than war)

Conciliation is the enemy.