Quotes About Peace

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

Buddha was asked: "What have you gained from meditation?" He replied: "Nothing." "However", Buddha said, "let me tell you what I lost: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old Age and Death.

I have worried about a lot of things in life, and most of them never happened.

Un hecho es algo que no se puede cambiar. Tu edad es un hecho. El tamaño del mundo es un hecho. Hay ciertas cosas que simplemente existen. Una de las claves de la felicidad es que nunca te enojes o te alteres por un hecho. Simplemente los aceptas y sigues con tu vida.

Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace.

I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of GOD. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth of centre of my soul as much as I can; and while I am so with Him I fear nothing; but the least turning from Him is insupportable.

Because of that final sentence, no Confederate soldier, from Lee on down, could ever be prosecuted for treason; in effect, this was a general amnesty. There could never be a proscription list to poison the peace with the spirit of vengeance and hatred. Grant had ruled it out.

I may be envied by ambitious persons, but I in turn envy the person who can transact his daily business and retire to a quiet home without a feeling of responsibility for the morrow.

The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life: your memories, your attachments. They burn 'em all away. But they're not punishing you,' he said. 'They're freeing your soul. If your frightened of dying, and your holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth.

It's a nonsense to say that men should be Britons and Frenchmen and Russians first and communists and Christians and fascists afterwards, for it is only by making a philosophy and not a nation prevail that we shall every attain universal peace. That's why this war's decided nothing, really, because it was fought for national survival and not for philosophical penetration.

maintain balance with the three Rs: relaxation, recreation, and relationships. May

but I feel sure that if people played music rather than spoke to each other, this world would be a much better place.

ou can't go feeding your hate on the past, it's not natural.

Standing still at dusk Listen . . . in far distances The song of froglings!

I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don't feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.

Whenever you mentally oppose what is, you're going to experience sadness and apparent separation. There's no sadness without a story. What is is. You are it.

Peace and joy naturally, inevitably, and irreversibly make their way into every corner of your mind, into every relationship and experience. The process is so subtle that you may not even have any conscious awareness of it. You may only know that you used to hurt and now you don't.

Seeking comfort, you give yourself discomfort.

He is just like everyone else, except that he no longer believes that in this moment things should be different than they are. Therefore in all circumstances he remains at ease in the world, is efficient without the slightest effort, keeps his lightness of heart whatever happens, and, without intending to, acts with kindness toward himself and everyone else. He is who you are once you meet your mind with understanding.

The unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

You can argue with reality all you want, or you can stop arguing long enough to understand it and be free.

Atheist, agnostic, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, pagan—we all have one thing in common: we want happiness and peace.

That's like saying, "May my will be done, not God's will," rather than realizing, deeply, that God's will is your will at every moment. It's trying to get what you want, rather than wanting what you have, which is the only way you can ever be happy.

Nothing external can disturb us. We suffer only when we want things to be different from what they are.