"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence."
-Dorothy Thompson
peaceView Quote
"Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.“
-Dorothy Thompson
posted in nature
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism."
-Dorothy Thompson
peaceView Quote
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live."
-Dorothy Thompson
fearView Quote
"The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld."
-Dorothy Thompson
faithView Quote
"Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy."
-Dorothy Thompson
ageView Quote
"How sweet it is!"
-Jackie Gleason
migrate3View Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"I have a bit of a rebellious nature."
-John Cusack
natureView Quote
"It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal."
-Amy Grant
natureView Quote
"I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop."
-Willie Stargell
natureView Quote
"There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."
-Alfred Austin
natureView Quote
"Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!"
-Taslima Nasrin
natureView Quote
"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
-Charles Eastman
natureView Quote