“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 the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.”

“Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.”

“The brain is the only organ that tries to make sense of its pain. It is as if the bone were trying to understand the break, as if the blood vessel could comprehend its rupture. But this is also its greatest impediment to understanding. The mind clings fiercely to any alternative to chaos, even if that alternative is self-destruction.”

“Real peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of justice.”

“With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.”

“peace is not about the absence of conflict but it is about the presence of sincerity.”