Photographic Peace Quotes Calendar January 2006

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Photographic Peace Quotes CalendarJanuary 2006

• Words, photographs, paintings by Patricia
  Lay-Dorsey

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January 1, 2006Peace will come because it must.
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January 2, 2006If peace were a ladder, peace in
the face of death would be its top rung.
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January 3, 2006Peace is not the absence of
conflict but the willingness to resolve conflicts
nonviolently.
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January 4, 2006We become what we loveand what
we hate.
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January 5, 2006Justice is the key that opens the
door to peace.
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January 6, 2006To embrace peace one must first
embrace the worlds suffering.
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January 7, 2006An ugly truth is better than a
lovely lie.
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January 8, 2006Intensity may disturb us, but
change never comes without it.
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January 9, 2006Peace is catching. Wouldnt it be
wonderful if we had a worldwide epidemic?
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January 10, 2006Silence in the face of
atrocities is a deadly poison speaking truth,
its only antidote.
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January 11, 2006For an antiwar activist, the
challenge is to stay focused on the issues not
the personalities.
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January 12, 2006I join with others to protest
war not because I think we can change the minds
of our governments leaders, but because it is
howI stay true to myself.Photo by Vince Newton
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January 13, 2006I pledge allegiance to green
leaves on trees, to the morning song of birds, to
the musky smell of damp earth under my feet, to
gossamer threads woven by spiders, to rain, wind,
clouds and sun. I am a citizen of the Earth.
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January 14, 2006When one becomes intimate with
persons in another part of the world, peace is no
longer an abstraction.
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January 15, 2006The hand reached out in peace
is always open.
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January 16, 2006World peace is not a dream it
is an, as yet, unfulfilled reality.
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January 17, 2006Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had
more than a dream he had the courage to speak
out while others remained silent. Of the war in
Vietnam, Dr. King said, The great initiative in
this war is ours the initiative to stop it must
be ours. How I wish he were here today.
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January 18, 2006War does not liberate it
enslaves.
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January 19, 2006If presidents and generals had
to spend one afternoon a month with the children
who suffer and die in their wars, would wars
cease?
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January 20, 2006When our work for peace takes
center stage, we must be willing to step into
the spotlight.
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January 21, 2006Wanting peace is goodWorking
for peace is betterBeing peace is best.
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January 22, 2006When we pollute the air, we cut
short the very breath we need to speak out on
its behalf.
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January 23, 2006The Earth is our home. Why are
we destroying it?
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January 24, 2006Ideas are strengthened by their
opposites.
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January 25, 2006There is but one weapon to wipe
out hatred love.
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January 26, 2006Since 1981 Concepcion has
mounted a 24/7 vigil for peace across the street
from the White House. Some people say shes
crazy. I say if thats crazy, what do you call
the men who make war?
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January 27, 2006On the world stage it is not
those with blood on their hands who are the most
dangerous, but those who sit, with clean hands,
in positions of power.
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January 28, 2006Peace is spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-E.
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January 29, 2006Casualties of war are those who
kill as well as those who are killed.
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January 30, 2006So what do I think peace looks
like? It does not look like wimping out. It does
not lack conflict or differences of opinion. It
is not sweetly sentimental. Peace is tough, hard
to maintain, and full of harsh realities.
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January 31, 2006Weve tried everything else.
Lets try peace.