Peace and blessings

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the peace and blessings of the page across from the article title. Peace dove statue in Lomé, Togo, Africa.

The dove and the olive branch are the most common symbols associated with peace. Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. Throughout history, leaders have used peacemaking and diplomacy to establish a type of behavioral restraint that has resulted in the establishment of regional peace or economic growth through various forms of agreements or peace treaties. Peaceful behaviour sometimes results from a “peaceful inner disposition. Some have expressed the belief that peace can be initiated with a certain quality of inner tranquility that does not depend upon the uncertainties of daily life. The Anglo-French term pes itself comes from the Latin pax, meaning “peace, compact, agreement, treaty of peace, tranquility, absence of hostility, harmony. The early English term is also used in the sense of “quiet”, reflecting calm, serene, and meditative approaches to family or group relationships that avoid quarreling and seek tranquility — an absence of disturbance or agitation.

In many languages, the word for peace is also used as a greeting or a farewell, for example the Hawaiian word aloha, as well as the Arabic word salaam. In English the word peace is occasionally used as a farewell, especially for the dead, as in the phrase rest in peace. In ancient times and more recently, peaceful alliances between different nations were codified through royal marriages. Throughout history, victors have sometimes used ruthless measures to impose peace upon the vanquished.