Quotes About Peace

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.

I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home.

Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.

Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.

A man is not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and fear, he is called learned.

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment.

When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and rustle of the corn.

In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.

Silence is the eternal duty of man.

An angry man is full of poison.

The man of humanity delights in mountains

The state of sleep is a state of freedom in which man is not occupied with the manipulation of the outside world.

Everlasting peace will come to the world when the last man has slain the last but one.

The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.