BewareAt war Or at peace,More people die Of unenlightened self-interestThan of any other disease
– Octavia E Butler
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- It is always easier to promote war than peace, easier to end the peace than end the war, because peace is fragile and war is durable. – Mark Kurlansky
- People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn’t bother me. It’s other people doing the calling that bothers me. – Octavia E Butler
- The peace in the homes is the peace in the towns.The peace in the towns is the peace in the nation.The peace in the nation is the peace in the world. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace. – Philippa Gregory
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- He rubbed his head again. ‘Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer. – Octavia E Butler
- Consider–We are bornNot with purpose,But with potential. – Octavia E Butler
- Was an eternity of absolute ease just another name for hell? – Octavia E Butler
- Read every day and learn from what you read. – Octavia E Butler
- I began writing about power because I had so little. – Octavia E Butler
- Power came the way a child came — with agony. – Octavia E Butler
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- Hope for peace!Dream for peace!Act for peace!Live in peace!Life is for peace! – Debasish Mridha
- Peace can be fragile and peace can be ugly and peace can be wrong. Peace built on lies is no peace at all. – Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
- We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived. – Billy Graham
- The war against the war is the only war that shall give you a great honour and a real peace! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don’t let anyone lead you to live a guarded life that is all. – Donavan Nelson Butler
- it is a higher glory… to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war. – Augustine of Hippo
- Humans want peace, not war. But, sometimes war is needed to establish peace! – Md Ziaul Haque
- Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure. – Richie Norton
- Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. – Chris Hedges
- As men’s prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I swear to you that to think too much is a disease, a real, actual disease. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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- Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace…Peace will be the last word of history. – John Paul II
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- Peace in my mind,Peace in my heart,Peace in my dreams And peace in my thoughts. – Debasish Mridha
- For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with peace. – Debasish Mridha
- The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace? – Ann Voskamp
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- Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value. – Rob Liano