GREAT THOUGHTS ON WORLD PEACE
“Peace” is defined as a situation or
a period of time in which there is no war or violence in a country or an area.
World Peace Day is observed on 21
September. This day is dedicated to strengthening the ideals of peace,
non-violence, and a global ceasefire. Established by the United Nations, it is
observed annually on the above-mentioned date.
Let us have a look at some great thoughts
on peace.
*Peace is
the happy, natural state of man; war, his corruption, his disgrace.---Scottish poet James Thomson (1700-1748).
*Five great
enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz, avarice, ambition, envy, anger and
pride.---Italian poet Francis Petrarch (1304-1374).
*We love
peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood
of living man, than war is destructive of his body, Chains are worse than
bayonets. ---English dramatist and editor
Douglass Jerrold (1803-1857).
*The English
poet and preacher John Donne (1572-1631) was correct when he wrote that no man
is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part
of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. Any man’s
death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind…And therefore never send to
know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
*Every man
is important in the sight of God---all the way from a bass black to a treble
white, we are all significant on God’s keyboard.----American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
*Out of one
blood, God created all nations to dwell upon the face of the Earth.---The Bible.
*Finally, a short poem by a great poet whose lines have
been set to music and sung often in Baptist churches:
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with
falsehood,
For the good or evil side,
Then it is the brave man chooses,
While the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue
Of the faith they have denied.
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PUNCLINE: If
we have no pace , it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.---MOTHER
TERESA
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G.R.Kanwal
6th July 2026
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