My Kind of Peace
Gladys Llanes
We often assume that peace has a universal definition.
What if it doesn’t?
To answer this curiosity, we asked people around the world to
define what peace means for them.
“Peace is not merely the absence of
war, but existence that is rooted on
justice and removal of exploitation.”
— Raoul Manuel (Philippines)
“People are satisfied with their life,
they don’t want more so they won’t
hurt others to get things they want.”
— Linka Lin (China)
“Freedom from disturbance; quiet
and tranquility, or the cessation of
war and violence.”
“Peace, I believe, doesn’t have a
single meaning. It is an extended
wide concept that I could not even
reduced in words.”
— Hams Al Maghrabi (Egypt)
“Peace happens because of LOVE.
When we can spread the love to
other people, we can also give up the
battle and the greed in the purpose
of living happily.”
— Lai Theam (Cambodia)
“Peace is when human rights are
respected and cherished.”
— Malick Lingani (Burkina Faso)
— Iffat Faria (Bangladesh)
“For most people peace is a luxury
that you can’t get everyday. It is
freedom from fear and freedom to
determine your own future.”
— Abie Zaidannas (Indonesia)
“Mutual Respect”
— Bayo Hassan (Dubai)
“Love and care are the
foundation of peace.”
— Muhammad Naeem Ul Fateh (Pakistan)
“Happiness.
When I am happy, it’s peace.”
— Nishant Khanal (Nepal)
“Peace is a stable state of the world,
when no active person can be better
off by killing or harming the other
person in his struggle for resources.
Equilibrium, so to say.”
— Andrey Tymofeiuk (Ukraine)
“Peace for me relates to the ability
of the society to resolve its own
problems and conflicts without
scaling to the use of violence.”
— Camila Batista (Brazil)
“Peace is not the absence of war
but the existence of respect and
tolerance to each other. ”
— Gisel Dumingues (Portugal)
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