Quotes About Peace

My favorite definition of heaven comes from a Benedictine sister, who told me that as her mother lay dying in a hospital bed she had ventured to reassure her by saying, "In heaven, everyone we love is there." The older woman had replied, "No, in heaven I will love everyone who's there.

I'd like to live in great comfort. And peace.' And then she added, quite to her surprise, 'With no one to tell me what to do or how to do it.

What would you like to do with it?' he pressed. Grace thought a moment. 'Live, Monsieur Tissot. I'd like to live in great comfort. And peace.' And then she added, quite to her surprise, 'With no one to tell me what to do or how to do it.' He

Live, Monsieur Tissot. I'd like to live in great comfort. And peace.' And then she added, quite to her surprise, 'With no one to tell me what to do or how to do it.

Fred's Jewish students recited the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer of mourning. "He who makes peace in His heights, may He make peace upon us and upon all Israel," they read.

Take a Tree Pose in your life.

that regret, the anger – well, it's like holding your breath. It ends up suffocating you. I had to let it go.

as she breathed deeply, trying to lower her pulse rate. Rick

God will keep you in perfect peace when your mind is anchored and stayed on Him, for He is the One who has all power to give peace of mind and peace of soul.

She wanted them to live in union with God and with one another. Silence was at the root of that union, for God was 'the friend of silence':

Of necessity, theirs must often be an interior silence, surrounded as they were for much of the time by noise and restlessness. To make possible true interior silence she told her Sister they would practice

That thick silvery hair of his—which had felt like spun silk in her hands—parted slightly over the tips of his ears and spread out around him like a sparkling halo. He lay on his back, one arm thrown above his head, his face softer in sleep, the angles less harsh. His pale skin appeared to glow in the darkness, highlighting the muscles of his chest, the ridges in his abdomen.

I don't need to rest in this life. I can rest when I die. Then nobody's going to bother me.

Don't mistake not worrying for not caring. Peace isn't something I can explain, but I'm grateful to have it. This feels much better.

Sleep hath no enemy like an unrelenting cat.

Somehow the sight of water has always rejuvenated me, especially when it flows rhythmically.

She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

Our willingness to look at the ways in which we diminish our true expression in the world is the key to peace and freedom.

May all beings, everywhere, be happy and free.

Loka somasta sukhino bhavantu: may all beings, everywhere, be happy and free

I only know that you can't fight darkness with darkness. So maybe a Jedi shouldn't fight violence with violence, either. Sometimes, I even think that the more you fight evil, the more you empower it." -Jacen Solo

When we touch...our gods lay down their weapons and I can forgive every trespass...

One thing we've learned this summer is that a house is not an end in itself, any more than "home" is just one geographic location where things feel safe and familiar. Home can be anyplace in which we create our own sense of rest and peace as we tend to the spaces in which we eat and sleep and play. It is a place that we create and re-create in every moment, at every stage of our lives, a place where the plain and common becomes cherished and the ordinary becomes sacred.

I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.