Quotes About Peace

To forget is good—but hard. To forgive is better.            Best of all is reconciliation.

I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time's chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred.

In the words of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: "There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

War is absolutely the last card any national leader should play, and only when every other alternative has been exhausted. If the hand was being played by an old soldier, a war veteran, I can assure you he would guard that war card to the bitter end and play it reluctantly and with the fear and trepidation of experience.

Nothing was wrong, except that nothing was wrong.

When something causes you concern, stop and think about what you need to do about it. If there is nothing you can do about it, talk to God about what belongs to Him and what is yours.

Worry, on the other hand, is the persistent, nagging, debilitating concern over something you can generally do nothing about.

It's about freedom, joy, and wisdom. It's all about divine love.

The reason for spiritual enlightenment is not to escape life, but to learn how to live it richly, to enjoy it. The Language of Soul

Heaven isn't a place, it's a state of consciousness.

It is impossible to make peace with the Roman Catholic Church. It is one of the permanent enemies of all that is decent in human spirit.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

I thought so too," he said, shaking his head, "but now I don't know. I had hoped that by working with the people, we would forget the old animosities and differences. That's the only way for us to get along: by working together in a common effort. That way we'd get to know each other and understand that each of us are looking for the same thing. Then we wouldn't have any differences.

I don't really care whether I live that long or not, It's just that when I die, I dont want to leave any enemies, and I figure the only way to do that is to outlive them all.

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.

Unconditional love embraces duality as one.

The peace we seek in the world is first found within.

I've buried all the hatchets. But I know where I've buried them and I can dig them up again if necessary.

there are some feelings so agitated and tumultuous, that they can find rest only by being poured into the bosom of Almighty love,—

The water of the river is the calmest, where the deepest.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Tom read,—"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "Them's good words, enough," said the woman; "who says 'em?" "The Lord," said Tom. "I jest wish I know'd whar to find Him," said the woman.

Letting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized future. What we gain is a life more in the present, where we are not mired in prolonged anger and resentment that doesn't serve us.

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.