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Un area de conflictos es un area de oportunidades para cambiar. (An area of conflict is an opportunity for change).
Hugo Antonio Santiago, Oaxaca

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Power to the peaceful.
- Spearhead

Every moment of the day provides an opportunity to create the conditions for Peace. For Peacemaking is not that special activity undertaken only in those moments of intense and violent conflict. Indeed, when we reach such moments, that is a clear indication that we have not been doing our daily jobs as Peacemakers.
- Harrison Owen, Many Roads to Peace

First examine our attitude towards peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it is unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are manmade; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable, and we believe they can do it again. I am not referring to the absolute, infinite concept of universal peace and good will of which some fantasies and fanatics dream. I do not deny the value of hopes and dreams but we merely invite discouragement and incredulity by making that our only and immediate goal. Let us focus instead on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions -- on a series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace; no grand or magic formula to be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process, a way of solving problems.
- John F. Kennedy, American University Address

According to mythologist Michael Meade, real warriors are those who are experts at avoiding violence. They know how to prevent the escalation of conflict. They're skilled at resolving problems before they explode. In fact, Meade says, war breaks out only when there are no authentic warriors involved in the situation.
- Rob Brezsny, Free Will Astrology

Nonviolence does't always work -- but violence never does.
- Madge Micheels-Cyrus

The war on terror is a war on peace.
- Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yell Fire

Peace be with you
- Genesis

We say we want peace, but nobody wants to change their own mind.
- Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yell Fire

There is no path to peace. Peace is the path. (No hay camino para la paz, la paz es el camino)
- Mahatma Gandhi

Given the room and the freedom to move, the complex adaptive system will do what it is very good at ... create wholeness, health and harmony. We call that Peace.
- Harrison Owen, A Strategy for Peace

Respect for the rights of others is peace (El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz)
- Benito Juárez

A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
- William Shakespeare

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