It’s very similar, in fact parallel to another quote I often think of: Health is not just pure absence of disease: rather it’s a result of an active, vitally positive approach we adopt in order to enjoy life to the full.

We don’t say someone is healthy just because they’re not ill, and in much the same way we speak about society: peace is not only absence of war – it’s about creation and building our lives, too. War is of course the worst disease that no society is immune to, so the parallel is obvious.

opposite of destruction is creation.

War is feud among people, peace is

to prevent warfare and to maintain

harmony.