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Quotes About Peace

Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.
~ Octavio Paz
Trees heavy with birds hold the afternoon up with their hands. — Octavio Paz, from "THE TOMB Of AMIR KHUSRU," A Tale of Two Gardens (New Directions, 1997)
~ Octavio Paz
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
~ Og Mandino
my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
~ Og Mandino
To have a happy family...is to enjoy an earlier heaven.
~ Og Mandino
Hafid, so far as material wealth is concerned, there is only one difference between myself and the lowliest beggar outside Herod's palace. The beggar thinks only of his next meal and I think only of the meal that will be my last. No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
~ Og Mandino
Go in peace. Mizpah." "Mizpah? I know what that means." "Tell me, son," he said, biting on his lower lip. "The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
~ Og Mandino
No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
~ Og Mandino
Men endured so much for war, but for peace they dared nothing.
~ Olaf Stapledon
For the former, activity, any kind of activity, was an end in itself; for the latter, activity was but a progress toward the true end, which was rest, and peace of mind. Action was to be undertaken only when equilibrium was disturbed.
~ Olaf Stapledon
Two or more year ago she was out workin' in her rose garden one mornin' - did you know, boy, she's got over sixty different kinds out there? - and she said to me, said, 'Mr. Blakeslee, I wouldn't even mind dyin' if'n I could be buried in a bed of roses.
~ Olive Ann Burns
The Bible says there is a time for peace and a time for war. Now is the time for war. I cannot wait to say it is now a time for peace. — MAJ James Brisson, Chaplain, 1-160th SOAR, 19 October 2001, Afghanistan
~ Oliver North
Amo la fotografia serena che permette d'ispirare sogni, di coltivare speranza, per costruire un avvenire promettente. Amo difendere il futuro della nostra umanità.
~ Olivier Föllmi
All stress comes from resisting what is.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed
~ Oprah Winfrey
My primary and most essential goal in life is to remain connected to the world of spirit. Everything else will take care of itself—this I know for sure. And my number-one spiritual practice is trying to live in the present moment Ã¢â'¬Â¦ to resist projecting into the future, or lamenting past mistakes Ã¢â'¬Â¦ to feel the real power of now. That, my friends, is the secret to a joyful life.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Forgiveness is about letting go of the past and not holding on to it
~ Oprah Winfrey
What I know for sure: There is no need to struggle with your body when you can make a loving and grateful peace with it.
~ Oprah Winfrey
When you can really be who you are and find out where you fit and function from a place of comfort, then you stop working. You stop wrestling.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Finding what naturally soothes you not only regulates your heart and mind, it helps you stay open to the goodness in you and in the world.
~ Oprah Winfrey
There is no need to struggle with your body when you can make peace with it.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Eines weiß ich genau: Es gibt keinen Grund mit seinen Körper zu hadern, wo man doch in Liebe, Dankbarkeit und Frieden mit ihm leben kann.
~ Oprah Winfrey
A única coisa que pode lhe trazer paz é você mesmo.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.
~ Oprah Winfrey