“Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.”

“The poet, distracted by politics, asks of poetry that it make itself useful like metal or flour, that it get ready to stain its face with coal dust and fight body to body.”

“Great compassion makes a peaceful heart. A peaceful heart makes a peaceful person. A peaceful person makes a peaceful family. A peaceful family makes a peaceful community. A peaceful community makes a peaceful nation. A peaceful nation makes a peaceful world.”

“When we let go and let God, Freedom and peace are revealed. When Freedom and peace is revealed God's light never goes out.”

“As things are now going, the peace we will make, the peace we seem to be making, will be a peace of oil, a peace of gold, a peace of shipping, a peace, in brief... without moral purpose or human interest.”

“Make peace with yourself, and both heaven and earth will make peace with you.”