Quotes About Peace

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness; glad of other men's good, content with my harm.

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.

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

Courage is a quietness, not martial music made Born of facing up to life, even when afraid.

A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you want; for what we prepare for is what we shall get.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee, All things are passing, God changeth never.

You will suffer and you will hurt. You will have joy and you will have peace.

And he shall reign a goodly king And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet ring, Who bides his time.

Serene I fold my hands and wait.

Do not disturb the sleeping dog.

When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly. A student may now depend on intuition to make decisions. As one acts on intuition, second thought, with its dualism, doubt and hesitation, does not arise.

After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them - and then you destroy yourself.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

All the great pleasures in life are silent.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.

Thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep.

Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low.

O bed! O bed! Delicious bed! That heaven on earth to the weary head!

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

It is a delicious moment, certainly, that of being well-nestled in bed and feeling that you shall drop gently to sleep. The good is to come, not past; the limbs are tired enough to render the remaining in one posture delightful; the labor of the day is gone.