Wisdom about peace and the path of peace and ideas about how to live a simple and aware life can be found in every direction.
 

Below is a collection of quotations from Eastern and Western wisdom and from every religion:

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.
--Martin Luther King, Jr. 1957

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...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving a rifle, develop an educational system that is not about conflict and violence, but one that promotes respect for values, for life, and respect for one's elders. This requires a huge investment. Yet if we can invest in a different vision of peaceful coexistence, I think we can change the world, because every problem has a nonviolent answer.
-- Rigoberta Menchu 24th September, 1996

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Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being.
--Mahatma Gandhi 1948

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Instead of asking “What will happen to me if I risk helping him?” ask yourself, “What will happen to that person if I don’t?” - Martin Luther King

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The best preacher is the heart, the best teacher is time, the best book is the world, the best friend is God.
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Stereotyping originates directly from ignorance.-Anon

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Ignorance is also a source of disease! -Tibetan medicine

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You may gain the whole world, but what use if you lose yourself?
Luke 9:25

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Remember that this is not a world of indifference! -Anon

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Die, die to your ego that your ego is a cage and you, the prisoner! -Rumi