"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Peace
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"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."

Pope John XXIII on Peace
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"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Peace
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"An orphan's curse would drag to hell, a spirit from on high; but oh! more horrible than that, is a curse in a dead man's eye!"

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on Death and Dying
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"We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree."

Casals, Pablo on Humankind
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."

Blake, William on Nature
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"Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan."

Ciano, Galeazzo on Losers and Losing
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"Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that children;"

Beecher, Henry Ward on Death and Dying
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"Hope is the best part of our riches."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on Hope
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"To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably."

Channing, William Ellery on Hope
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"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul -- and sings the tunes without the words -- and never stops at all."

Dickinson, Emily on Hope
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"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."

Dostoevsky, Fyodor on Hope
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"Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive."

Jackson, Jesse on Hope
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"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."

Epictetus on Hope
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"The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance."

Hwang, Brian on Ignorance
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"Men's faults to themselves seldom appear."

Shakespeare, William on Faults
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"I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed."

Kazantzakis, Nikos on Power
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"Friendship is a sheltering tree."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on Friends and Friendship
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"Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare."

Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship
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"Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

Roosevelt, Eleanor on Friends and Friendship
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"Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits."

Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship
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"Friendship is a priceless treasure never to be bought or sold -- it can only be cherished."

Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship
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"It can never be bought or borrowed or sold A gift to be cherished, True friendship is a treasure beyond compare."

Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship
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"Friendship is a comforting smile, A familiar voice that warms the heart, and the freedom to be the person God intended."

Unknown, Source on Friends and Friendship
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"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand."

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler on Friends and Friendship
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"Some friends play at friendship, but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. [Proverbs 18:24]"

Bible on Friends and Friendship
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"There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."

Hazlitt, William on Friends and Friendship
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"The best friend is likely to acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is based on the talent for friendship."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on Marriage
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"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship."

Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle on Courtesy
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"Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another."

Ebers, George on Friends and Friendship
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"Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees."

Marriott, J. Willard on Growth
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"The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

Lincoln, Abraham on Reality
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"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."

Vidal, Gore on Birds
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"A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods."

Henri, Robert on Methods
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"Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats."

Allen, Woody on Animals
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"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

Churchill, Winston on Solitude
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"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."

Proverb, English on Love
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"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

Lincoln, Abraham on Character
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"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more."

Churchill, Winston on Quotations
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"A short retirement urges a sweet return."

Milton, John on Retirement
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