>>>>"When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love."
>>>>
>>>>Find some more interesting quotations at
http://peaceseeds.elysiumgates.com/peace.html.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hmmm...I think Neville Chamberlain tried that one in '38.
>>
>>Perhaps you think this implies that peace will never be possible? I don't think so. Peace is possible, but it hasn't been tried seriously, so far.
>>
>>"World peace is not only possible but inevitable."
>>
>>"Whether peace is to be reached only after unimaginable horrors precipitated by humanity's stubborn clinging to old patterns of behaviour, or is to be embraced now by an act of consultative will, is the choice before all who inhabit the earth."
>>
>>(From: "The Promise of World Peace")
>
>I think that as long as mankind exists there will be war. In fact I can only see wars become more fierce and destructive. The name of the game is to survive. We have not progressed much past the state of the Neanderthal except our weapons are more sophisticated.
Peace may be forced upon us by "unimaginable horrors..." (see the quotation above).
While I certainly hope that humanity takes a more pleasant path ("an act of consultative will"), I don't have much hope, at this point, that these horrors will be avoided.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)