Peaceful Communication Quotes

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease.

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do the work of reconciliation. And humans want to take sides. That is why the situation gets worse and worse. Are there people who are still available to both sides? They need not do much. They need do only one thing: Go to one side and tell all about the suffering endured by the other side, and go to the other side and tell all about the suffering endured by this side. This is our chance for peace. But how many of us are able to do that?

Are you crazy? The last thing you want to do is make a scene." "Well, I'm gonna make a movie if you don't show me some respect.

Words are healers of the sick tempered.

Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.

The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

I believe in using words, not fists.

Listening is a very deep practice. You have to empty yourself. You have to leave space in order to listen especially to people we think are our enemies - the ones we believe are making our situation worse. When you have shown your capacity for listening and understanding, the other person will begin to listen to you, and you have a change to tell him or her of your pain, and it's your turn to be healed. This is the practice of peace.

You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes.

We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.

My love ,she speaks like silence, without ideals or violence. She doesn't have to say she's faithful, yet she's true.

I'm not starting any fights. I might finish one though.

...words are some of the most powerful and important things I know....Language is the tool of love and the weapon of hatred. It's the bright red warning flag of danger--and the stone foundation of diplomacy and peace.

Today violence is the rhetoric of the period.

Those that fight don't listen, those that listen don't fight.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

You see all I need is a whisper in a world that only shouts.

Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.

We have a choice. We have two options as human beings. We have a choice between conversation and war. That's it. Conversation and violence. And faith is a conversation stopper.

In my experience of fights and fighting, it is invariably the aggressor who keeps getting everything wrong.