Peace begins with a smile.
–Mother Teresa

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
–Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
–Martin Luther King, Jr

We came in peace for all mankind.
–Neil Armstrong

Determination and perseverance move the world.
–Marva Collins

Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect.
–Manitonquat

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
–Margaret Mead

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
–Seneca

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
–Jesse Jackson

It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it, one must work for it.
–Eleanor Roosevelt

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
–William Penn

What this world needs is a new kind of army—the army of the kind.
–Cleveland Amory

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
–Dalai Lama

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

Don't be yourself—be someone a little nicer.
–Mignon McLaughlin

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
–Mark Twain

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
–Frank A. Clark

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
–James Matthew Barrie

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
–Mother Teresa

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
–Martin Luther King, Jr.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
–Albert Schweitzer