Quotes About Peace

Granny had finished with dying, had died and was now dead – all very clear and distinct concepts in their minds. They were at ease with the finality. They know that the best memorial is a boxful of happy memories inside your head, and they know what a good death looks like.

I don't think it's possible to skip with a frown on your face.... I'd like to see the world's governing and terrorist leaders on a skipping tour through the Middle East and across the subcontinent and China to Korea.

People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard.

Worry is a habit that shatters our peace of mind and needlessly drains our energy, a form of mental masturbation without any benefits.

Your fatigue is telling you it's time to lighten the inner load.

Every true faith is indeed infallible; it performs what the believing person hopes to find in it, but it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth … Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.'5

Since I learned to read I've used them as a kind of anaesthetic.

I couldn't think of anything to say so I kept quiet. I still can't think of anything to say so I am going to sleep.

Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.

There is life here. Anyone hearing this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it will shine from the eyes of those who look for peace and justice. After the rubble and rhetoric are cleared and the phoenix has risen, affirm life. affirm life. We got to carry each other now. You are either with life, or against it. Affirm life.

There is life here. Anyone reading this is breathing, maybe hurting, but breathing for sure. And if there is any light to come, it will shine from the eyes of those who look for peace and justice after the rubble and rhetoric are cleared and the phoenix has risen. Affirm life. Affirm life. We got to carry each other now. You're either with life or against it. Affirm life.

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

We all share the same Earth Mother, regardless of race or country of origin, so let us learn the ways of love, peace and harmony, and seek the good paths in life. It is good to have spoken. SUN BEAR

In my opinion, if we have not achieved peace, it is because people forget its most fundamental aspect. Before we talk about peace among nations, we must settle our peace with God.

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

The wise warrior avoids the battle.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.