Orhan Pamuk Quotes

Wise men promote peace in the world.

No more war, war never again! Peace, it is peace which must guide the destinies of people and of all mankind.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

To assert that it is possible to establish peace between men of different nations is simply to assert that man, whatever his ethnical background, his race, religious beliefs, or philosophy, is capable of reason.

Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

At present, the most effective way of preventing war would be for statesmen to direct politics so as to support a sound nationalism. This leads to concordance between people of kindred race and languages, whereas the conquest and coercion of people of different race and language inevitably lead to new wars.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

The world would have peace if the men of politics would only follow the Gospel.

Do not listen to those who set up doctrines which are dangerous to the peace of the world.

Europe is a world where men have decided to die together because they are unable to find a way to live together

I believe the masses everywhere want peace.

There's no reason we can't all live harmoniously together, and that's what I would say to the head of Iran.

Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.

... if you love your country why is it necessary to hate other countries?

If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.

The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one another? Peace, brothers, is better than war. In a long and bloody war, we lose many friends, and gain nothing. Let us then live in peace and friendship together, doing to each other all the good we can.

Real peace is more than the absence of war; it is an absence of the causes of war.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.