Lauren Beukes Quotes

War is like love; it always finds a way.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human.

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.

It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Never resort to war! Never war! Above all, I think of all the children who are robbed of their hope for a better life and a decent future. Killed children, wounded children, mutilated children, orphans, children who play with remnants of war, instead of toys. Children who don't know how to smile. Please stop! I ask you with all my heart. It's time to stop. Stop it please!

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.

If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything.

And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath: thus my future wills it.

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief.

War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.

Fly from wrath; sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war; a thousand furies wait on wrathful swords.

Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the first shock of the most merciless of all the wars of which record has been kept.

One must know that war is common, justice is strife, and everything happens according to strife and necessity.

In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.

From the earliest wars of men to our last heart-breaking worldwide effort, all we could do was kill ourselves. Now we are able to kill the future.

If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member killed, we are not creating goodwill and harmony, but rather another child who believes violence is the only means to bring about change in the world.

War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant. They make a wilderness and they call it peace.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

I think war is a dangerous place.

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

The cannon thunders... limbs fly in all directions... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice... it's Humanity in search of happiness.