Your favorite quotes on peace and love?

[lildreamer316]

I have many, but have forgotten many. Would be honored to hear yours.

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. Here's one:

If you listen to a lot of conservatives, they'll tell you that the difference between them and us is that conservatives love America and liberals hate America. They don't get it. We love America just as much as they do, but in a different Way. You see, they love America the way a 4-year-old loves her Mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups.

To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad, and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.

- Al Franken, Lying Liars and the Lies They Tell.

[NewJeffCT]

14. great explanation from Franken

he has a gift at explaining that sort of stuff in simple, easy to understand terms.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. "Find ten people today who look like they need to smile, and try to give them one."

The future Buddha, Maitreya.

[rug]

3. "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."

George Orwell

[Aristus]

4. Admiral Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy was ordered to plan an attack

against the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto loved America, had many friends here, and had studied at Harvard. Nevertheless, the consummate professional reluctantly obeyed his orders and formulated an attack plan. After he presented it to his staff, a subordinate remarked: "You're a genius, sir."

Yamamoto replied: "A genius would figure out how not to fight a war."

The terrible necessities of war led to his being shot down by U.S. forces in 1943. If only he had survived the war. He could have been a great friend of the United States.

[gmoney]

5. The obvious lyrics...

"What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding"
-- written by Nick Lowe, made famous by Elvis Costello

As I walk through this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself "Is all hope lost?"
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What's so funny bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walk on through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny bout peace love & understanding? ohhhh
What's so funny bout peace love & understanding?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear lildreamer316...

Here are some of mine:

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

--Lao Tsu


If I know what love is, it is because of you.

--Herman Hesse


The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

--G. K. Chesterton


:hug:

[Reciprocity]

7. From J.R.R. Tolkien

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Thorin Oakenshield

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."
Gandalf

[Bennyboy]

8. Without love in a dream it will never come true...

Robt Hunter/Jerry Garcia

[conscious evolution]

9. All you need is love

John Lennon

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

[Deja Q]

10. This

song

Look at the world
Its a complicated place
And its hard to keep the pace
Youve got to wear a smiling face

But what weve got
Is a blue-light special on truth
Its the hottest thing with the youth
Youve got nervers we need to soothe

If youve got to believe in something
Believe in us we make it easy
Peace and love incorporated

Shop around
See if you dont agree
We think it fits you to a t
And the best part is its free
I believe

We got the market cornered this time
We can make you feel fine
It could impact your bottom line

If youve got to belong to something
Belong to us well make you pc
Peace and love incorporated

Peace and love
Its the newest cause by far
And weve got all the biggest stars
Get your politics up to par

Welcome... to peace and love incorporated

[wildhorses]

11. all i want is a little peace and quiet

if you'll give me a piece
i'll be quiet ;)

:P

[BlueIris]

12. "We like someone 'because.' We love someone 'although.'"

Henry De Montherlaut.

[BOSSHOG]

13. No such thing as a stranger, just a friend I haven't met yet - Will Rogers and

To have a Friend, you must be one - Walt Whitman (I think)

[NewJeffCT]

15. for a lot of song lyrics...

I tend to go more for the anti-war lyrics rather than pro love & peace.

The one that sprang to mind was "War Pigs" from Black Sabbath:
"Generals gathered in their masses/
just like witches at black masses/
evil minds that plot destruction/
sorcerers of death's construction"

or, for something on the softer side, "For What It's Worth" from Buffalo Springfield...

"Paranoia strikes deep/
Into your life it will creep/
it starts when you're always afraid
step out of line, the man comes & takes you away"

(stil applies today, doesn't it?)