Quotes About Peace

We were just so glad to finally have the war over, nobody seemed to care who had won. We didn't understand that peace at any price is a fool's bargain. We welcomed apathy with open arms, invited it over for dinner, offered it keys to the spare bedroom, then silently slept while it sneaked up behind and cut our throats.

We were just so glad to finally have the war over, nobody seemed to care who had won. We didn't understand that peace at any price is a fool's bargain. We welcomed apathy with open arms, invited it over for dinner, offered it keys to the spare bedroom, then silently slept while it sneaked up behind and cut our throats. We wanted change. Could the new leaders be any worse than those who had just been overthrown? I would find out that very day.

Words provide a voice to our deepest feelings. I tell you, words have started and stopped wars. Words have built and lost fortunes. Words have saved and taken lives. Words have won and lost great kingdoms.

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. —Abraham Lincoln

She has, however, noticed one important difference between crows and us: their families are generally more peaceful than ours sometimes are. No matter what the provocation, family members usually work out their differences without violence or any other signs of overt aggression.

To forgive is one thing," she said at last. "To forget is nearly impossible.

I love peace, but it is because I love justice and not because I am afraid of war

Of course I deprecate war," he wrote, "but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

Of course a man has to take advantage of his opportunities, but the opportunities have to come," he told an audience in Cambridge, England, in the spring of 1910. "If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not the great occasion, you don't get the great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in times of peace, no one would know his name now.

there's nothing better in the world than sitting or lying down with a cat on your lap, and listening to that soft throaty noise of happiness and contentment to make you feel that life is good, no matter what else is going on.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness. James Thurber

We have to make peace and reduce the suffering in ourselves first, because we represent the world. Peace, love, and happiness must always begin here, with ourselves.

Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have.

you, bringing serenity in those moments when you are most absorbed in a project.

We have to make peace and reduce the suffering in ourselves first, because we represent the world. Peace, love, and happiness must always begin here, with ourselves. There is suffering, fear, and anger inside of us, and when we take care of it, we are taking care of the world. . . . So first you have to focus on the practice of being. Being Fresh. Being peaceful. Being attentive. Being Generous. Being compassionate. Thich Nhat Hanh

Alone with myself The trees bend to caress me The shade hugs my heart.

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

Silencio, silencio y más silencio. Me gusta el silencio. El silencio no hace daño. Las palabras, sí.

Why have the Soviets stood aside and allowed us to settle Berlin, Vietnam and the Middle East? One, because the United States is big, mean and tough as hell and they know it. Two, the obsession with peace in the USSR. Twenty million Russian people were killed during World War II. We must have the fear elements working, but also the hope element.

God helps me--that's what I think--and then I am calm.

There was no explosion.Everything was all okay

La soledad es peligrosa. Es adictiva. Una vez que te das cuenta de cuánta paz hay en ella, no quieres lidiar con la gente".

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.