“The opposite of war isn't peace… It's creation!”

— Jonathan Larson

Rent (1996)

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American composer and playwright 1960–1996

Michael Scheuer (1952) American counterterrorism analyst

Hardball with Chris Matthews, November 16 2004
2000s

“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”

Fran Lebowitz book Social Studies

"People".
Social Studies (1981)

“The opposite of love isn't hate; it's indifference”

Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine

Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

“The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.”

Raj Patel (1972) British academic

The Value of Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P03nNeYiJo

“Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”

Paul Tillich (1886–1965) German-American theologian and philosopher

“In peace, prepare for war. In war, prepare for peace.”

Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty

Sometimes erroneously prepended to the opening line "The art of war is of vital importance to the State", but appears to be a variation of the Roman motto "Si vis pacem, para bellum". It's not clear who first misattributed this phrase to Sun Tzu. The earliest appearance of the phrase in Google Books is 1920, when it appeared in a pharmaceutical journal, but no attribution was given then.
Misattributed

“War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine.”

Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru

Source: Songs of the Soul (1971)
Context: War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine. Our vital passions want war. Our psychic emotions desire peace.

“Instead of it (World War I) having been a war to end wars - it (the Paris Peace Conference) is a Peace to end Peace.”

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854–1925) British statesman and colonial administrator

A remark to his private secretary, Lord Sandon, in May 1919. From Terence H. O'Brien, Milner, Viscount Milner of St James and Cape Town 1954-1925, 1979, Constable, p. 335.

“If civilization has an opposite, it is war.”

Ursula K. Le Guin Hainish Cycle

Source: Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 8 “Another Way into Orgoreyn” (p. 101)

“Peace has been as bad as war. Peace has killed as many people as war. Peace is as bad. Peace is as bad…”

Gabrielle Roy book The Tin Flute

Source: The Tin Flute (1945), P. 313

“The opposite of war isn't peace… It's creation!”

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