Quotes About Peace

Thomas Moro solía decir que uno debería construir un retiro, una ermita, dentro de su casa.

Wolsey always said that the making of a treaty is the treaty. It doesn't matter what the terms are, just that there are terms. It's the goodwill that matters. When that runs out, the treaty is broken, whatever the terms say.

wars begin in man's time, but they end in God's time.

A phrase runs through his head – was it Thomas More's? – 'the peace of the hen coop when the fox has run home'. He sees the scattered carcasses

I found an easier way to be.

England has enjoyed fifty years of peace. This is the Tudors' covenant; peace is what they offer.

The king's companions are prepared to march. So scented, the courtiers, so urbane: the rustle of silk, the soundless tread of padded shoes. But slaughter is their trade. Like butchers in the shambles, it is what they were reared for. Peace, to them, is just the interval between wars.

Ireland is quiet this Christmas, in greater peace than she has seen for forty years. Mainly he has brought this about by hanging people. Not many: just the right ones. It's an art, a necessary art. . .

I gave up fighting because, when I lived in Florence, I looked at frescoes every day

how about not fighting any? Negotiate, my lord. It's cheaper

You seem very calm. Yes. Learn from it.

Away from the front, where the supply lines ran, there were rest camps and first aid stations, and even patches of farmland. Often at that time of year you could hear skylarks over the fields. Soldiers remarked how strange it was that the birds should be there, but in fact the birds had been there for centuries. The really strange thing was that the soldiers were there.

There is the music of Heaven in all things.

Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.

Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obssessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

God is mans best medicine!!!....The best medicine for man is god!!!......

If peace can only come through killing someone, then I don't want it.

Sometimes we develop grand concepts of what happiness might look like for us, but if we pay attention, we can see that there are little symbols of happiness in every breath that we take.

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal.

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