Peace Signs & Symbols

A peace symbol is a representation or object that has come to symbolize peace. Several different symbols have been used throughout history, of which the dove, olive branch, and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament symbol (the peace symbol) are perhaps the best known.

Dove and Olive branch:
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam a white dove is generally a sign for peace. The Torah, The Old Testament and The Qur'an describe a story in which a dove was released by Noah after the Great Flood in order to find land. The dove came back carrying an olive branch in its beak, telling Noah that the Great Flood had receded and there was land once again for Man. (Genesis 8:11) ...

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"One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." - Agatha Christie

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

"Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun."- Martin Amis

"When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world." - Maha Ghosananda

"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war." - Maria Montessori

"The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons." - Croesus