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“Today the real test of America's power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it. Prevention must be our overriding objective. It can be done. Surrendering to the inevitability of combat only paves the way for its occurring.”

Way War Real Done Today America Peace Capacity Tests Objectives Combat Inevitability Prevention

Author:Dale E. Turner

“Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.”

Source: Being Peace: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition

“The future rests in the religious, political, economic and cultural capacity of humans to establish this larger context in which the particular traditions will find both support and fulfillment in a functional global community.”

Humans Political Peace Community Religious Support Economic Particular Capacity Tradition Fulfillment Global Community

Book:Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community

Source: Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community

“We will never be enlightened unless we realize and own what our capacity, from the best of the best to the worst of the worst because then we have more empathy, more compassion, more sympathy for others who do things that are hurtful and harmful and we see, given certain situations, I'm capable of that myself. So, I'm less judgmental.”

Certain Given Peace Realizing Compassion Situation Worst Capable Empathy Capacity Enlightened Judgmental Hurtful Best Of The Best

Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Having two bathrooms ruined the capacity to co-operate.”

Two Peace Capacity Ruined Bathroom

Author:Margaret Mead

“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

Source: The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945

“Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.”

Sometimes Feelings Joy Peace Compassion Ignorance Forgiveness Capacity Skins Kindness And Compassion Peace And Joy Compassion For Yourself

Author:Frederick Buechner

“Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.”

Way Happiness Joy Opportunity Peace Hours Morning Four Capacity Wake Up Twenties Brands Every Morning Brand New Joy And Happiness Precious Gifts

Book:Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Source: Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

“Prayer begins where human capacity ends.”

Humans Ends Christian Religion Humanity Peace Prayer Capacity Godly Human Capacity

Author:Marian Anderson

“By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process”

Inspirational Mean War Peace Process Compassion Violence Society Conflict Empathy Capacity Sympathy Anti War Mathematician Never Ending

Author:Johan Galtung