Quotes from Peace Pilgrim

We worship God, but have no faith in the workings of God's laws of love. The world awaits the living of the law of love, which will reach the divine within all human beings and transform them.

You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working for the wrong thing.

I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.

Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, nor more occasion for war.

I don't eat junk food and I don't think junk thoughts.

If you feed a man a meal, you only feed him for a day-but if you teach a man to grow food, you feed him for a lifetime.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.

After you have found inner peace you have endless energy - the more you give, the more you receive. After you have found your calling, you work easily and joyously. You never get tired.

If you realize that those who do mean things are psychologically ill, your feelings of anger will turn to feelings of pity.

All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation.

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

Anything you strive to hold captive will hold you captive, and if you desire freedom you must give freedom.

Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.