Quotes About Peace

Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

In taking revenge a man is but equal to his enemy, but in passing it over he is his superior.

To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. The condemned man has that joy.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free. 'Tis a gift to come round to where we ought to be. And when we find a place that feels just right, We will be in the valley of love and delight.

If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly, quietly, without hurry or flurry ... and if the instant you feel yourself growing nervous and ... out of breath, you would stop and take breath, you would find this simple common-sense rule doing for you what no prayers or tears could ever accomplish.

Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.

I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.

My heart is happy, my mind is free. I had a father who talked with me.

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content.

Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity, and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.

It was enough just to sit there without words.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Be silent and safe - silence never betrays you.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies!

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.