Robert Fulghum Quotes

All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.

I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher than peace.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.

Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth.

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

Peace is never a perfect achievement.

You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.

All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation.

Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.

We are living in a time of many wars. The call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet. Peace if always proactive and dynamic.

Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.

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.

To build peace is difficult but to live without it is torment.

Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.

Peace is not simply the absence of warfare.

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.

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

We desire peace. But peace is a goal, not a policy. Lasting peace is what we hope for at the end of our journey. It doesn't describe the steps we must take nor the paths we should follow to reach that goal.

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

All of us realize that war requires action. What is sometimes harder for us to realize is that peace and neutrality also require action.