The essence of peace is understanding that we are all the same and we can all help each other.

Dickens wasn’t just a great storyteller, he was also a firm believer in charity and helping others. This theme is at the core of most of his stories.

Everybody can be great because anyone can serve.” Martin Luther King

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937) which is among the 10 best selling self-help books of all time.

The role of British Indian women in the suffrage movement is often ignored. This photo is from 1911

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist

If you read this poem from top to bottom, it appears to be written by a sad and negative person. But if you read it from bottom to top, it is all positivity. Inner peace as all about perspective.

Shaharzad Hassan, age 8, documented her journey as a refugee fleeing the Syrian war.

Umoja is a women-only village in Kenya. It was created for females to escape male/patriarchal violence. Photo: Georgina Goodwin

Albert Einstein was as passionate about peace as he was about physics.

Mays Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies,

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) was a statesman, philosopher and Roman Emperor. His writings, known as Meditations, are a signifciant source of what is now termed 'Stoic Philosophy'.

Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an Italian physicist and pioneering educator who developed a philosophy of education. that is still taught today and bears her name. She believed in using all the senses

Jimmy Hendrix (1942-1970), a guitarist and singer-songwriter, was one of the most influential artists of all time, even though his career spanned only 4 years and he died at the tender age of 27.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist. He became the lead spokesperson in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil

In 1983, there were more people in the Monaco national symphony orchestra than in the Monaco army.

Dwight D Eisenhower (1890-1969) was an American Army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) was a freed slave who became a prominent African in London, and a key figure in the British movement to end the slave trade. His autobiography, published in 1789, helped in

Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age, specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian war.