Johan Galtung

peace adversaries friend

“Peace is something you make with your adversaries, not with your friends.”

― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)

killed dead traumatized revenge addiction

“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)

time ripe place here now

“that the time is always ripe, that the place is here and the time is now.”

― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)

peace capacity transform conflict emphaty violence creativity pr

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

― Johan Galtung (1930-2024)

peace heart study brain link

"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)

Galtung - utenrikspolitikk storbonde husmann

"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)

topdog force moral consciousness demoralization

"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)

religion soft hard peace dialogue

"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)