"The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." ― Nathaniel Branden Topic(s): Peace More From Nathaniel Branden "Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss." "There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity." "Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause." More In Peace "War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans."― Niccolo Machiavelli "A people free to choose will always choose peace."― Ronald Reagan "I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity."― Ehud Olmert