Quotes About Peace

Much has been written on the subject of bed-books. The general consensus of opinion is that a gentle, slow-moving story makes the best opiate

And he was, one could see, at peace with all the world. His daily round of tasks may or may not have been completed, but he was obviously off duty for the moment, and his whole attitude was that of a policeman with nothing on his mind but his helmet.

shaven lawns, and a general atmosphere of what is known as old-world peace. Cows were

perfect peace with loved ones far away

There are few things more restful than to watch some one else busy under a warm sun.

Half the trouble in the world was caused by people not letting well alone.

The Problem of Life seemed to him to be solved. He looked on down the years, and he could see no troubles there of any kind whatsoever. Reason suggested that there were probably one or two knocking about somewhere, but this was no time to think of them. He examined the future, and found it good.

Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.

Oh to follow the road that leads away from everything, without anguish, death, winter waiting along it with their eyes open through the dew.

from that terrible love the soft pure hands gave peace to my eyes and sun to my senses.

Your house sounds like a train at midday, the wasps buzz, the saucepans sing, the waterfall enumerates the deeds of the dew . . .

La poesía es siempre un acto de paz. El poeta nace de la paz como el pan nace de la harina.

Under your ski the moon is alive.

You are like night, calmed, constellated. Your silence is star-like, as distant, as true.

È così ingiusta l'anima senza radici: rifiuta la bellezza che le offrono, cerca il suo disgraziato territorio e solo in esso il martirio e la pace.

Whenever you touch topaz, it touches you. It awakens a gentle fire, like wine awakens in grapes. Still unborn, clear wine seeks channels amidst stone, demands words, bestows its secret nourishment, shares out the kiss of human skin. The touch of stone and man in serene peace kindles garlands of fleeting flowers, which then return to prime sources: flesh and stone: contrary elements. (Translation, Beatriz von Eidlitz)

The dove signifies the dove and the guitar signifies a musical instrument called the guitar.

La poésie est toujours un acte de paix. Le poète naît de la paix comme le pain naît de la farine. J'avoue que j'ai vécu

You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations. Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.

Nadie nos vio esta tarde con las manos unidas mientras la noche azul caía sobre el mundo.

Dear Reader, that a sense of privacy is the best gift I ever gave myself.

When you've been a soldier for thirty-five years you like to win battles, but you like to feel you helped bring peace, too.

El nu era un înÈ›elept, dar îi pl?cea liniÈ™tea conÈ™tient? a sufletului: - Mai curând sau mai târziu, omul inteligent ajunge s? înÈ›eleag? deÈ™ert?ciunea zbuciumului sentimental care tulbur? pacea È™i consum? viaÈ›a - îmi zicea el. Ferice de acel care ajunge s? înÈ›eleag? aceasta mai de timpuriu: cu atât mai mult se va bucura de existen??.

The great scriptures of yoga ? The Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras, and The Upanishads ? clearly describe how the subtle causes of external war emanate from the internal world. The real causes of war lie rooted in the individual's unwillingness to listen to the voice of the heart, the inner conscience.