Quotes About Peace

There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace.

Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.

weapon for action. "'Be ye men of peace,'" he intoned, "'but gird firmly thy loins for righteous battle!' Thus saith the Lord God which is Jehovah. Selah!

There is an art i n silence, and there is an eloquence i n it too.

Why me?" There's a better question, of course: "Why not me?" Why should any of us be spared struggle, when struggle is a condition more universal than comfort, than satiation, than peace, maybe than love? Should we even be calling or thinking of it as struggle, which connotes an exertion beyond the usual, a deviation from the norm?

A new heaven was created in our minds. There were no harps and angels in combat infantry paradise. It was where there were no ambushes, and your gun didn't jam and where you saw the enemy before they saw you. It was where you had enough rations and drinkable water and could get some sleep. It was being missed when shot at. It was coming back whole and alive. That was paradise.

Frank Costanza

The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.

practice living in faith that all is well, all is always well.

Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

Only the effort of walking calmed me, and allowed me to think at all. p 227

One love One heart Let's get together And feel all right. —Bob Marley

It's lovely to know that the world can't interfere with the inside of your head.

Nobody forgets where he buried the hatchet.

Como sempre, a guerra proporciona grandes oportunidades aos homens ambiciosos que teriam permanecido na obscuridade em tempos de paz.

My quietness has a man in it, he is transparentand he carries me quietly, like a gondola, through the streets.

I understand that sometimes the truth of God's Word can become a divider, an irritation, a stone of stumbling. But that's only because it remains unchanged, uncompromising, and steadfast. And what better reason could there be to build our lives on such an immovable foundation? To violate the Word of God is only to destroy ourselves, our joy, our peace, our happiness.

Dad would often say "The next generation will follow anyone who will promise personal peace and affluence. If they are asked to make a choice between freedom and security they'll choose security. It will be the new fascism.

Someone once said that you don't hold a grudge. It holds you. Holding a grudge is self-inflicted pain. Consequently, bitterness doesn't imprison those who hurt you. It imprisons you.

As Thomas Moore once put it, "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal." Jesus is heaven personified.

Please take comfort in knowing that, "Evertyhing was beautiful, and nothing hurt...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.