What do people mean when they say, "Give peace a chance"?

Question

I'd really like to give it a chance, but how?

Answer 1

I think it means try and see what the world would be like without violence and hate, because nobody's given it a chance yet. Unfortunately, it's impossible to achieve as a whole and we'll never know how the world would be if we let different people exist without judgment. The only thing we can do as individuals is be tolerant and and accepting of other people, different races, different sexualities and different religions. We might get there one day but it's going to be hard work.

Answer 2

Make it your first option is how and depending on the situation what is best for reconciliation.

Answer 3

By living your life in a laid back easy way.

Answer 4

Learning words such as tolerance, forgiveness and banishing words like hatred, bigotry. Every little contribution to this way of thinking helps in it's own small way. Just give it a chance.

I once heard someone on a BBC news programme say: 'Peace has broken out.' Now how could that happen? These days the term is used quite often. What a warped world we inhabit!

Answer 5

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Moshe Dayan (1915 - 1981

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)