“If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.” IfsWorldWantRealityCompassionCenturyPeaceful21st CenturyIntegratingPeaceful World Author:Karen Armstrong
“From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate worldEven more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony.” ArtHomeChristianTogetherCultureKnownModernCenturyAreasHarmonyIslamJewPeacefulPostsRemarkableRelativeSpainFloweringConfluence Author:Maya Beiser
“In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury.” EarthChristianLawWealthPowerfulHistoryInfluenceMankindCenturyAdvantageUnionsAncientPeacefulLuxuryEnjoyedMannersErasGentleEmpiresRomePortionsFrontiersMonarchyProvincesRoman EmpireGuardedCivilisedRenownValourFall Of Rome Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“If you young people who today belong to the first generation of the 21st century make an effort now, you may be able to create a happier, more peaceful world. But you can't take for granted that it will happen by itself, you'll need to take action.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsFirstsMayHappensTodayAbleActionYoungEffortGenerationsCenturyPeacefulGranted21st CenturyPeaceful World Author:Dalai Lama
“Nothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century hurts and distress. The unbelieving world-your neighbors, the guy at the gas station, the postman, the lady at the cleaners, your boss at work-is observing the way we undergo our trials.” WorldWayGuyHurtCenturyNeighborTrialsPeacefulGasConvinceStationsBossDistressObservingTwentieth CenturyCleanersConvictsGas StationsPostman Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.” BelieveCenturyMissionsPeacefulHumankind21st CenturyCoexistencePeaceful Coexistence Author:Daisaku Ikeda