“Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
The Egyptians (1967), p. 241
General sources
“Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)
1910s, Address to Congress: Analyzing German and Austrian Peace Utterances (1918)
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2001, Invasion of Afghanistan (October 2001)
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American writer
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Thirteen, The Whole- Earth Conspiracy
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 1972 (And it is Divine, July 1973)
1970s
Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
Speech in Boston (2002)
“Peace in the world can only spring from peace in the hearts of men.”
Frank Buchman (1878–1961) Evangelical theologist
Remaking the world, The Speeches of Frank N.D. Buchman, Blandford Presss 1947, revised 1958, p. 3
Moral attitude
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (2012)
Context: The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk. It may be questioned whether all negative forces could ever be removed. The simple answer is: “No!” It is in human nature to contain both the positive and the negative. However, it is also within human capability to work to reinforce the positive and to minimize or neutralize the negative. Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation. Even if we do not achieve perfect peace on earth, because perfect peace is not of this earth, common endeavours to gain peace will unite individuals and nations in trust and friendship and help to make our human community safer and kinder.
“Frank's chromosome conquered everywhere. Peace was guaranteed.”
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
Let's Be Frank (1957)
Context: Frank's chromosome conquered everywhere. Peace was guaranteed.
By the end of another century's ruthless intermarriage, Russia and Asia were engulfed as thoroughly as Europe, and by the same loving methods. Billions of people: one consciousness.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
1940s, Fourth inaugural address (1945)