Quotes About Peace

A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.

"I can forgive, but I cannot forget," is only another way of saying, "I will not forgive." A forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it never can be shown against the man.

He who forgives ends the quarrel.

Forgive. It doesn't erase their crime but why should you do the time. Let go of resentment.

And I call to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God, No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God, and about death. I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least...

Peace is not the absence of affliction, but the presence of God.

If we have not quiet in our own minds, outward comforts will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

Wouldn't it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful...?

Oh, most degrading of all ills that wait On man, a mourner in his best estate! All other sorrows virtue may endure, And find submission more than half a cure; Grief is itself a medicine, and bestow'd T' improve the fortitude that bears the load, To teach the wanderer, as his woes increase, The path of wisdom, all whose paths are peace...

Fresh petals of grief will eventually wilt and fall away And along with tears and love, memories and time They will nourish the seeds of healing underneath — Life will re-flower as acceptance, strength, and peace

There is no way to peace; peace is the way. There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way. If you are determined, you can do it with your breathing.

What is joy? A sunbeam between two clouds.

Even happiness worries sometimes.

On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except the fact that they are so...

Man should have an intuition of this far-reaching cosmic purpose and then, if he takes care to see that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things, the difficulties of earthly existence will not destroy his peace of mind.

Contentment is the more serene brother of Happiness.

Hate is a scarecrow That frightens all singing birds From the fields of life.

Burn, burn all the books which teach hatred! Exalt labor and love! Let us create rational human beings, capable of crushing under foot the futile magnificence of barbaric glories, and of resisting those blood ambitions of nationalism and imperialism which have crushed their brothers.

We cannot heal when hate persists.

A loving heart heals hate.

Downward-facing dog helps us to paws and reflect.

Yoga-ish, adj. liking the idea of yoga but only showing up for Savasana

For those wounded by civilization, yoga is a healing salve.

The mind spells 'healing' L-E-T G-O.