Quotes About Peace

So perhaps the greatest worry of all was that one day you would realize that all the worries of your life amounted to one thing: the desire to just stop worrying.

Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.

What were words, when all I'd had were mountains for company?

One hour of work in peace and quiet is worth two hours in the office when other people are there, meetings are happening, and you're distracted.

There is real comfort in being quiet.

Now we suffer the evils of a long peace; luxury more cruel than war broods over us and avenges a conquered world.

We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world.

One path alone leads to a life of peace: The path of virtue.

Peace visits not the guilty mind.

Peace visits not the guilty mind. (Nemo Malus Felix)

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

Just breathe. Ten tiny breaths … Seize them. Feel them. Love them.

Albo niczego nie mo?na wybaczy?, albo nie ma nic do wybaczania.

War is an admission of failure

A quiet life," Stheno replied. "You wouldn't think it was a lot to ask.

It's the way my mind works, when it works at all. Things to do today: settle down, achieve serenity, live happily ever after. Tick the box and move on.

It's about keeping the peace," said Rasso from the livery. His choice of words made Marzo want to smile. Rasso had borrowed the phrase from him and, like any man in the colony who borrowed anything, he seemed determined to use it till it fell apart before he was called on to give it back.

Noi amiamo il silenzio, non ci disturba. Quando il topo gioca vicino a noi, quando il vento del bosco fa frusciare le foglie, noi non abbiamo paura.

A good man never lets grief get the upper hand. The mountains are calm even in a tempest.

May lily-dotted lakes delight your eye; May shade-trees bid the heat of noonday cease; May soft winds blow the lotus-pollen nigh; May all your path be pleasantness and peace.

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days…

The Sufi's book is not of ink and letters; it is nothing but a heart white as snow. Rumi, Mathnawi II: 159

Our task is to create the Civilization of Paradise here on earth. - Asad Ali

Silence is not a lack of words. Silence is presence itself. (p. 26)