“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.”

“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.”

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”

“A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.”

“The peace the world pretends to desire is really no peace at all. To some men, peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others, peace means the freedom to rob brothers without interruption. To still others, it means the leisure to devour the goods of the earth without being compelled to interrupt their pleasures to feed those whom their greed is starving. And to practically everybody, peace simply means the absence of any physical violence that might cast a shadow over lives devoted to the satisfaction of their animal appetites for comfort and pleasure.”

“It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.”

“Peace was not the absence of conflict; it was having the courage to face the conflict and make the right choices.”