Johan Galtung Quotes

By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process

Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity.

Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects.

One basic formula for understanding the Community is this: 'Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all.'

Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi.