Quotes About Peace

Invite your fear into consciousness, and smile through it; every time you smile through your fear, it will lose some of its strength.

Release your cows so you can be truly happy.

even if you turn off the TV, the TV in your mind continues to run. So you have to also stop the TV in your head.

Don't chew your worries, your fear, or your anger. If you chew your planning and your anxiety, it's difficult to feel grateful for each piece of food. Just chew your food.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now when will we have peace and joy--tomorrow, or after tomorrow? What is presenting us from being happy right now?

I am convinced that happiness is not possible unless it is based on freedom.

See that the most essential thing is life and that killing or oppressing one another will not solve anything.

Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives —the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source.

When you have trouble sleeping, follow your breathing in and breathing out. Bring your awareness to the different parts of your body in turn, and allow them to relax.

To be in the here and the now—solid and fully alive—is a very positive contribution to our collective situation.

Desirelessness is the basic condition that makes possible the feelings of joy, peace, and ease that come with living a simple life. Simplicity means to have few desires, to be content with a simple life and just a few possessions. Desirelessness is the basis of true happiness, because in true happiness there must be the elements of peace, joy, and ease.

Violence can never bring about peace and understanding. Only by looking deeply in order to understand the true roots of violence can we achieve peace.

If we want peace, we have to be peace. Peace is a practice and not a hope.

Don't agonize over the past, because the past is gone. Don't worry about the future, because the future is not yet here.

Living peacefully and happily is the best way to show our gratitude and is our greatest gift for the world and the next generation.

Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.3

Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing, both inside and around yourself.

Someone asked me, "Aren't you worried about the state of the world?" I allowed myself to breathe and then I said, "What is most important is not to allow your anxiety about what happens in the world to fill your heart. If your heart is filled with anxiety, you will get sick, and you will not be able to help.

When we pay attention to our breathing, our in-breath and out-breath become peaceful and relaxed. When we walk with attention and we just walk without thinking or being carried away by anything, we already begin to heal.

To practice nonviolence, first of all we must learn to deal peacefully with ourselves.

We wanted peace. We did not care about anyone's victory or defeat. We just wanted the bombs to stop falling on us.