That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.

Whoever of you love life and desire to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Seek peace and pursue it.

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.

War is the suicide of humanity because it kills the heart and kills love.

War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.

Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

I believe that there lives a burning desire in the most sequestered private heart of every American, a desire to belong to a great country. I believe that every citizen wants to stand on the world stage and represent a noble country where the mighty do not always crush the weak and the dream of a democracy is not the sole possession of the strong.

Thus we lived through a major war. The questions in the ghettos was, can we make it through a minor peace?