Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher. You're the one.
It's not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
We've been looking outside us for our own peace. We've been looking in the wrong direction.
I've heard people say that they cling to their painful thoughts because they're afraid that without them they wouldn't be activists for peace. "If I feel peaceful," they say, "why would I bother taking action at all?"
My experience is the opposite.