In the global or political sense, peace is the absence of war and other armed conflicts. Between individuals and groups, peace is a state of harmonious co-existence. On a personal level, peace connotes the absence of anxiety or stress. A person with peace of mind experiences serenity, tranquility, and inner contentment. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/peace http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace

"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and errors, its successes and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned." - Dag Hammerskjold

"So we must fix our vision not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation of peace." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love." President Dwight D. Eisenhower

""Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."" President John F. Kennedy

""There never was a good war or a bad peace."" Benjamin Franklin

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. Buddha

With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests. Mahatma Gandhi

1. International Peace Bureau http://ipb.org/i/index.html

2. Pathways to Peace http://pathwaystopeace.org/

3. National Peace Foundation http://www.nationalpeace.org/

4. United Religions Initiative http://www.united-religions.org/

5. United States Institute of Peace http://www.usip.org/

6. The World Peace Prayer Society http://www.worldpeace.org/

7. Peace Pilgrim http://www.peacepilgrim.com/

8. World Peace Newsletter http://www.worldpeacenewsletter.com/

9. Veterans for Peace http://www.world4peace.net/

10. The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research http://www.transnational.org/index.ht...>

11. Peace Action http://www.peace-action.org/