Dalai Lama Quotes

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

We have to get it into our heads once and for all that we cannot settle disputes by eliminating human beings.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.

We want peace, but not at any price.

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

Jaw jaw is better than war war.

The lance has never blunted the pen, nor the pen the lance.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

There is never a military solution to any problem.

The way to disarm is to disarm....

We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

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

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

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.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

Peace is produced by war.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

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

If you are going to make peace, you can't just meet nice people.