Sting Quotes

An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.

Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

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

I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.

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

Fighting is not my life.

Violence has never resolved any issue.

When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person. When we are armed with compassion and understanding, we fight not against other people, but against the tendency to invade, to dominate, and to exploit.

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.

Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can be worse than the problem. Violence is against human nature.

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness.

Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.

Just bring love. Everybody keeps bringing violence, let's bring love.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

I'd never hurt another person.

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