“Through the influence of real art, aided by science, guided by religion... peaceful co-operation of man is now obtained by external means - by law courts, police, charitable institutions, factory inspections... It should be obtained by man's free and joyous activity.” MenShouldMeanArtRealLawInfluenceActivityAuthorityPoliceInstitutionsCourtPeacefulOperationsFactoriesJoyousCharitableInspectionLaw Courts Author:Leo Tolstoy
“Europeans should pay more attention. Iran has called for dialogue and is moving in the direction of reaching an agreement through peaceful means.” ShouldMeanMovingPayAttentionDialoguePeacefulReachingAgreementIranMoving In Author:Ali Larijani
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.” IfsMindMeanCourageFailingFaultsPatientCalmPeacefulImperfectionBe PatientProfitableNeighbourImpatientCorrectionsPeaceful MindDisheartened Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.” WayMeanIdeasWarPlayProgressRevolutionHealthyPolicePeacefulRecognitionReformInvitesStableSubversiveSubversionFree PlayThought Police Book:The Best of I.F. Stone Source: The Best of I.F. Stone
“Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.” WayMeanNationsPeacePiecesAchievePeaceful Author:Richard M. Nixon
“There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any means to further your cause, since the end justifies the means. As an international community, we must oppose this notion, whether it be in Canada, in the United States, or anywhere else. No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means.” IfsMeanLongEndsStatesUseCausesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesViolenceDiseaseNotionInternationalTerrorismPeacefulCanadaJustifyInternational CommunityEnds Justify The Means Author:Richard M. Nixon