“Peace is something you make with your adversaries, not with your friends.”
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
“The killed are dead, the bereaved are traumatized. The trauma may be converted to hatred that may be converted into revenge addiction.”
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
“that the time is always ripe, that the place is here and the time is now.”
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
"By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process"
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
"Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart. And that, in a nutshell, is what peace studies and peace practice are all about."
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
"Den norske husmannen er vant til å ha en storbonde over seg. Vi har ikke hatt en uavhengig utenrikspolitikk siden 1397".
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
"The topdog may win the game of force. But not the moral issue - and when that dawns upon him and his allies, change of consciousness sets in, and demoralization starts thawing the frozen heart. The game is over."
― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
"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 (1930-2024)