Bertha von Suttner quotes

One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace, and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live. (Bertha von Suttner)
After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world. View quote
Bertha von Suttner
How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood. View quote
Bertha von Suttner
I wanted to be of service to the Peace League, and how could I better do so than by trying to write a book which should propagate its ideas? And I could do it most effectively, I thought, in the form of a story. View quote
Bertha von Suttner
The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity. View quote
Bertha von Suttner