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“War and peace are not separate compartments. Peace depends on threats and force; often peace is the crystallisation of past force.”

Book:The Causes of War

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The Causes of War

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Geoffrey Blainey

Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian renowned for his research on Australian history. His extensive works cover various aspects from European colonization to modern Australia. more

“You seem to think peace is a natural state, Siward, and conflict its interruption, but the truth is the exact opposite. Peace is what the sea looks like in a dead calm - a rare and beautiful moment - something impossible - a glimpse of perfection before the wind comes back again. You can no more force peace into existence than you can wander across the surface of the sea stamping the waves flat.”

War Peace

Book:Dunsinane

Source: Dunsinane

“Fanatics can never draw out the good in people. They will go to war I predict. They will raise armies, invade, and pillage because it is only aggression that will keep their cause alive. Fighting an enemy is always easier than governing human complexity.”

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Author:Leila Aboulela

“When I made peace with my past, I fixed my brokenness. My reflection on the mirror changed.”

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Author:Njau Kihia

“If the sole purpose is not to secure the peace, it might look like a battle when in fact it is a collective rant in uniform.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Without the destruction of the battle there will be no calm of the peace, for such a perplexing dichotomy illustrates the contradictory nature of our humanity.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It is a paradoxical but the silence breaks our peace.”

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Author:Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The television has two instruments that control it. I get confused. The washer asks me, do you want regular or delicate? Honestly, I just want clean. Everything is like that. I won’t even mention cell phones. I can turn on the light of the lamp beside my chair Where a book is waiting, but that’s about it. Oh yes, and I can strike a match and make fire.”

Peace Nature Simplicity

Book:Blue Horses

Source: Blue Horses

“Whoever prays knows the peace of prayer.”

Peace Prayer Pray

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“When I made peace with my past, I fixed my brokeness. My reflection on the mirror changed.”

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Author:Njau Kihia

“Peace, a force that can unlock, locked worlds.”

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Book:All Roads Lead to Cape Town

Source: All Roads Lead to Cape Town

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