Sentences about Peace

Nota: Compilação de mensagens sobre a PAZ realizada pelos alunos da Escola Secundária Dr. Joaquim Gomes Ferreira Alves no âmbito do projeto Connecting Classrooms.

Ano letivo 2012/2013

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There will be no Peace until there is Justice, No Justice until there is Understanding, No Understanding until there is Honesty, No Honesty until there is Humility, No humility until there is Wisdom, No Wisdom until there is Love, The Institute for the Study of Non-Violence

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Nelson Mandela

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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Mahatma Gandhi

The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

Joan Baez

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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Mahatma Gandhi

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

Thomas A. Edison

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Mahatma Gandhi

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I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

Aung San Suu Kyi

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.

Mohandas Gandhi

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If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone, will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Thich Nhat Hanh

To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy and that enemy becomes one’s partner.

Nelson Mandela

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One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

Dr. Martin Luther King

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

Mairead Corrigan

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Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

Betty Williams

I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once a people are determined to become free, then nothing in the world can stop them reaching their goal.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.

Vaclav Havel

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence.

But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

Mohandas Gandhi

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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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“The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

Martin Luther King Jr “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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"If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace."

Thich Nhat Hanh

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"I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."

Mother Teresa

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace, and live in peace."

Shenandoah proverb "We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."

William Gladstone

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"When my heart is at peace, the world is at peace."

Chinese Proverb

"There never was a good war or bad peace."

Benjamin Franklin

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"Peace is always beautiful."

Walt Whitman

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"If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world."

Thomas Merton

"If you scramble about in search of inner peace, you will lose your inner peace."

Lao Tzu

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"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."

Black Elk

"Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace."

Bhagavad Gita

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"If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work."

Thich Naht Hanh

"This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love."

Peace Pilgrim

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"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."

Mother Teresa

"Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

Buddha

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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."

John Muir

"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed."

Dalai Lama

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If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations.

If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities.

If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors.

If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home.

If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart.

Lao Tzu

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“We find freedom inside, nowhere else, in the heart of every human being is that one space which is free, which is filled wih harmony and which is full of love and respect.”

Gonçalo Neves

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“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.

Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. “ Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.”

Patrícia Pinho

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he/she has his/her freedom.”

Maria Inês

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“Come with me! Let’s do a mix of cultures that will taste so much better than just one. A mix of different cultures. It’ll be like a cake with a lot of tasty ingredients. Without them we can´t be a real society. A flavoury one. Enjoy the differences!”

Inês, 10º C “Don’t try to make people that hate you, hate you more. Try to make the ones that love you, love you even more!”

Beatriz Moreira, 10º C

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“Racism is an inheritance of behavior and education. Discrimination is a disease that can be cured only with a free and fair conscience that fights for equality and love.”

Beatriz Couto, 10º C

“First we are Human and only after are we Europeans, Asians, white, black, rich or poor.”

Ana Filipa, 10º C

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“In a few years’ time those who bullied will be more affected by what they did than those who were bullied. “ Joana Vieira, 10º C

“We may be different but we all want the same: Happiness!”

“We only achieve greatness if we work together.”

Catarina e Sofia, 10º C

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“It takes one to turn on the light of a room but it takes all of us to light up the world!”

Inês, 10º C “Bullying should be to society like water to olive oil, that is, they shouldn´t mix.”

Nuno, 10º C “If you can’t accept other’s differences, how can you accept you own ones?”

Francisco, 10º C

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“We live in a world entitled Lack of Respect where prejudice, discrimination and racism are subtitles” Mariana, 10º C “If we are all made of the same matter, what is the reason for discrimination?”

Mariana, 10º C