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The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me.

The voice of women has a special role and a special soul force in the struggle for a nonviolent world.

Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to
everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.

Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it's working well.

When all else fails, take a vacation.

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

I can assure you I'm quite sane and have proof that dialog 'works.'

There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution

We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.

I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger - my anger. It wasn't anger; it was fury.

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.

But without painful experiences, we dont grow

John Irwin became one of the greatest peace workers in Northern Ireland.

War has traditionally been a man's work, although we know that often women were the cause of violence.

I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.

I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.

Fear's contagious, but so is courage.

Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, lives at home, at work and at play to be lives of joy and peace.