Quotes About Peace

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —PHILIPPIANS 4:4–7

But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.

A sense of peace came over me and I must have been smiling as I fell asleep.

Some people are better as corpses. They're easier to like.

but silence is frightening to the frightened

I'm free and happy because I accepted myself as I am and found a life that suits me

There are more than 300 000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home.

I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat.

Hating someone is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.

San Jose is made up of the finest citizens of any city in the entire United States- peace loving, quiet, cultured people. ... God-fearing, law-observing, good citizens have been watching these murders increasing and have watched crime increase in this country and from the time this splendid young fellow [Brooke Hart] was murdered this vigilance committee had in mind carrying out what in their minds was real justice...

n Italia, sotto i Borgia, per trent'anni hanno avuto guerre, terrore, assassinii, massacri: e hanno prodotto Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci e il Rinascimento. In Svizzera, hanno avuto amore fraterno, cinquecento anni di pace e democrazia, e cos'hanno prodotto? Gli orologi a cucù.

My mind was on a silent hillside, in a land far away, and gods who should be left to sleep. *

De eeuwige rust komt toch wel – daar hoef ik geen voorschot op te nemen.

The absence of war is not peace.

Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.

The United nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members

I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not find a happy solution if approached in the spirit of the sermon on the mount.

It is important to the peace of the world to understand each other and have full faith in each other's sincerity. That is all we ask; that is all we want[...]

The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.

Once a decision was made, I did not worry about it afterward.