Quotes About Peace

Forgiveness was such a simple thing, she thought, once you surrendered to it.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." —Buddha

Now she realized that the key to happiness had less to do with setting up housekeeping with an appropriate spouse and more, far more, to do with finding someone who gave one confidence and peace and passion, gifts so rich she had no words for them.

Step softly—a dream lies buried here.

Suddenly I saw in front of me the Statue of the Faun, the Statue that I love above all others. There was his calm, faintly smiling face; there was his forefinger gently pressed to his lips. [...] Hush! he told me. Be comforted!

Thus fortified I might take my rest in peace. But dreams come through stone walls, light up dark rooms, or darken light ones, and their persons make their exists and their entrances as they please, and laugh at locksmiths.

music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.

One of the surest means of preserving peace is always to be prepared for war.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

Mon rêve ressemble à une paix qui se bat pour sa tranquilité

Mon rêve ressemble à une paix qui se bat pour sa tranquilité. Nipakusheniten tshiam-inniun nitashuapaten puamuna.

walking away, Nelly also got to her feet and quickly took up her place beside Emma. Content and comfortable in each other's company, Emma and Nelly meandered through the garden, a lovely place of stately old trees and spreading shrubs already heavy with buds. At the farthest end, away from the house, there was a small

There is a limit to one's capacity for rows, you know. There comes a time when you're only too ready to sacrifice something for a quiet life.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.

He needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah, that was the life.

In our silence lies our safety.

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

I couldn't count on the world being silent, so my only option was to become at peace with the noise.

When uncomfortable, my instinct is not to avoid the discomfort but to become at peace with it.

Instead of running from our emotions or being swept away by their initial gusts, we should learn to sit with them, become at peace with their unique flavors, and ultimately discover deep pools of inspiration.

Forgiving him was like balm on an old hurt place, and it felt sweeter than his apology. Sweeter even than the moment I'd said all the things I'd held in my mouth for twenty angry years. Forgiving him felt like relief.

Peace is like a rainbow, you can't have a rainbow without a storm and you can't have peace with out war.

Why not just go with it? Just walk the dog and send the tweets and eat the scones and play with the hamsters and ride the bicycles and watch the sunsets and stream the movies and never worry about any of it? I didn't know it could be that easy. I didn't know that until just now. That sounds good to me. I think I might be able to do that. Who couldn't do that? It would take somebody mentally ill not to do that, and I'm not mentally ill.