Johan Galtung quotes

Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity. (Johan Galtung)

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.

Johan Galtung

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

Johan Galtung

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.'

Johan Galtung

As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of war also through criminalization of war, an approach that has not been sufficiently used in spite of the UN Charter outlawing war - with too many loopholes used buy aggressive countries.

Johan Galtung

Johan Galtung

Occupation: Mathematician
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