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"On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion.
Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace."
— U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
 

"Simply the absence of war is not peace"
— Anam Prem, India
 

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
 

"Peace is not a thing to be achieved or a commodity to be stored."
— Anam Prem, India
 

"Peace is not the absence of war; it is respecting and accepting each other and promoting human rights."
— Miss Nida Ashfaq, International Young Catholic Students (IYCS), Pakistan
 

"I feel peaceful when I'm on the rollercoaster."
— Anonymous child, Marin Peace Projects, USA
 

"…all religions of the world teach us to respect man, regardless of color, race, gender and faith."
— Jahangir Piara, Organization for Peace and Development, Pakistan
 

"Peace is possible; when there is Peace is each of us."
— Mr. Kamran, MARS Organization, Pakistan
 

"Peace is one of humanity's most precious needs. It is also the United Nation's highest calling."
— U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
 

"Peace begins with a smile."
— Mother Teresa
 

"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
— Mahatma Gandhi
 

"Peace is its own reward."
— Mahatma Gandhi
 

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."
— Buddha
 

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit.
In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."
— Napoleon Bonaparte