“When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that “civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.” The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.” YearsLawUsedForceTeachStudentsBattlePeacefulPhrasesResolveProfessorsDisputesEtiquetteProceduresCaptured Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while around them cities have changed their masters and their names, collided and smashed, disappeared into nothingness, their peaceful generations have crossed down the ages as fresh and smiling as on the days of battle.” AgeTodayTimeNamesPeaceCitiesGenerationsChangedFlowerMastersBattlePeacefulRuinsNothingnessWalesDaisiesHyacinthsPeriwinkle Author:Edgar Quinet
“When you stop all thought, the battle is won. Everything is still and peaceful. You will come to see the eternal voidness of all things. You will see that nothing is, really.” StillsBattleEternalAll ThingsPeacefulNothingnessSamadhi Author:Frederick Lenz
“I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and battles are fought for -- so that at day's end a family may eat together in a peaceful house?” MayWarEndsTogetherHouseBattleGloryCookingTalesPeacefulMakersGreat WarHousekeepingWars And Battles Author:Ursula K. Le Guin