Quotes About Peace

I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.

To all, to each, a fair goodnight, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

She slept the sleep of the just.

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard they bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest!

I was never less alone than when by myself.,

Night, when words fade and things come alive, when the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd, - "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude." But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper - Solitude is sweet.

The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires.

Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Out of the strain of the Doing, into the peace of the Done.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace.

A great city, a great solitude.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, nor to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

I liked to sail alone. The sea was the same as a girl to me - I did not want anyone else along.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.

For the maintenance of peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks which forerun cannon-shots.

Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?

All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

Let's just say, he has too many pigeons on his antenna.