John Irwin became one of the greatest peace workers in Northern Ireland.

I don't think I'm yet peaceful because I have to struggle every day within myself when I see the suffering of the people of the world, the women and the children. And fury sets in. But I have to transform that and take it out and do something positive with it -- but I have to do that sometimes minute to minute.

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger -- my anger. It wasn't anger; it was fury.

To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue.

Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it's working well.

Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have the answers, they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.

I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.

I can assure you I'm quite sane and have proof that dialog 'works.'

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

I'm not sexist in any way -- sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.

I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.

We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles, and that is going to take a tremendous amount of sheer hard work. The only force which can break down those barriers is the force of love, the force of truth, soul-force.

I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I would love to kill George Bush. I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die, the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life.

Apathy is the greatest withholder of peace.

There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, all occupation ends, and you have to deal with the enemy.

We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies we have known are a bad memory and a continuing warning.

Governments do not have the answers -- indeed, quite the reversal. A lot of times, they not only do not have the answers, but they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.