“Beware
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease”
Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) American science fiction writer
“After wars peace, after peace, another war. Every day men are born and others die.”
All Men are Mortal (1946)
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“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
Shlomo Amar (1948) Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
In a letter to Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi criticizing the pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam. http://web.archive.org/web/20081201181916/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/763616.html (17/09/2006)
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.
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.
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 153.
“Men endured so much for war, but for peace they dared nothing.”
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) British novelist and philosopher
Source: The Seed and the Flower
“This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”
My Day (1935–1962)
Context: This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery. It is also a time for facing the fact that you cannot use a weapon, even though it is the weapon that gives you greater strength than other nations, if it is so destructive that it practically wipes out large areas of land and great numbers of innocent people. (16 April 1954 )
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Source: The Seth Material (1970), p. 274
Context: When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. As long as you fight for gain and greed, there will be no peace. As long as one person commits acts of violence for the sake of peace, you will have war. Unfortunately it is difficult to imagine that all the young men in all of the countries will refuse to go to war at the same time. And so you must work out what violence has wrought. Within the next hundred years, that time may come. Remember, you do not defend any idea with violence. There is no man who hates but that hatred is reflected outward and made physical. And there is no man who loves but that love is reflected outward and made physical.