Quotes About Peace

Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that among freemen there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost.

This slavery element is a durable element of discord among us, and ... we shall probably not have perfect peace in this country with it until it either masters the free principle in our government, or is so far mastered by the free principle as for the public mind to rest in the belief that it is going to end.

Have we ever had any peace on this slavery question? When are we to have peace upon it if it is kept in the position it now occupies? How are we ever to have peace upon it? That is an important question.

Anger's not a good emotion.

I've read that the dying often wait to be by themselves. They need the freedom to go, with nobody holding them back.

I was desperate to stop poisoning myself with anger, and to connect with others.

Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs.

At all times, in all circumstances, Christ is able and willing to provide the strength we need to be content. Contentment occurs when Christ's strength is infused into my weak body, soul, and spirit.

Faith raises us above our circumstances. Faith enables us to be content even when life doesn't make sense. Faith is the bulwark that keeps us strong even when we're assailed by agonizing thoughts about what might happen or by what has happened.

Contentment comes from a proper relationship to God, not from a response to the circumstances. Our

The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

Peace is about going deeper in God. It's about trusting him and yielding our worries and fears to the Holy Spirit - who is already at work inside us. It's about placing our focus heavenward instead of fixing our focus on our struggles

We need to join the war Jesus waged against fear and it's twin sister, worry.

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we're not willing to forgive someone.

The Lord rested on the Sabbath and he's asking you to rest so that you can spend time with him.

What we have to understand is that Jesus is not offering to make our problems disappear; he's offering to give us rest for our souls while he does the heavy lifting.

I am safe. For one night at least. Safe, moored to this man.

To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.

Like Gibraltar, he is solid and steady and nothing disturbs his tranquility.

the suppression of self-interested emotion actually inhibits true connection. Peace, love, and compassion can create social disharmony when worn like masks to cover unresolved anger, fear, sadness, and depression.

Je ramène les pans de mon manteau. Je m'allonge dans la neige. J'écoute siffler le vent. Je regarde le ciel bas. Une profonde paix descend en moi.

Beauty before me, Beauty behind me, Beauty above me, Beauty below me, I walk in beauty. Smoke