Quotes About Peace

There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?

I am a hundred times happier in my solitude than I could be if I lived among them.

The former breathes only peace and liberty; he desires only to live and be free from labor; even the ataraxia of the Stoic falls far short of his profound indifference to every other object.

the despot assures his subjects civil tranquillity.

vivía en tan grato sosiego distribuyendo el tiempo entre mi trabajo, mi instrucción y mis placeres

Reconcile those who are at strife, prevent lawsuits; incline children to duty, fathers to kindness; promote happy marriages; prevent annoyances; freely use the credit of your pupil's parents on behalf of the weak who cannot obtain justice, the weak who are oppressed by the strong. Be just, human, kindly. Do

Savage man, once he has eaten, is at peace with all of nature and the friend of all his fellow humans. Is

El gusto por la soledad y la contemplación nació en mi corazón con los sentimientos expansivos y tiernos hechos para ser su alimento. El tumulto y el ruido los oprimen y los ahogan, la calma y la paz los reaniman y los exaltan. Tengo necesidad de recogerme para amar.

Il me semble que sous les ombrages d'une forêt je suis oublié, libre et paisible comme si je n'avais plus d'ennemis.

Go into the woods to lose sight and memory of the crimes of your contemporaries.

The main thing," she said, "is this: we will refuse to be each other's enemies. We will renounce violence, which is so easy to start but so hard to control. We will build a place where we can all live in peace. If we hold to that, everything is possible.

When your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop fighting?

Who do you want to win this war?' 'I am interested to know where you will be going when you leave.' 'Mr. Wakatsuki, if I have repeat each one of these questions we will be here forever. Who do you want...?' 'When your mother and your father are having a fight, do you want them to kill each other? Or do you just want them to stop fighting?

It was good work, the kind of work that let you sleep soundly at night and, when you awoke, look forward to the day.

J'étais bien. Je regardais les miens. Je pouvais sentir battre leur cÅ"ur et respirer leur souffle. Auprès d'eux je me sentais en paix. J'avais le sentiment qu'ils protégeaient ma vie, tous les trois à leur façon. Je voulais qu'ils sachent à quel point je les aimais.

Finally, it is worth mentioning, in the interest of thoroughness, that the defeat exasperated the conflict between generations. For four years the combatants of 1914 reproached those of 1940 for having lost the war, and those of 1940, in reply, accused their elders of having lost the peace.

If I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble.

Act without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless.

Practice non-action. Work without doing.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.

If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.

Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.

Every act of love is a work of peace no matter how small.