Quotes About Peace

Because I have developed my trust in God, I am no longer disturbed by irritating circumstances. Whenever they arise, I simply look to Him and say, "Lord, I trust you, and I know that everything will be just fine.

I wish I could live underwater. Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea's consoling silence.

Solitude, Celia realizes now, exists for us not to remember but to forget.

All we wanted was the simplest things: to eat good food, to sleep at night, to smile, to laugh, to be well.

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

My solution to the problem [of North Vietnam] would be to tell them frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression, or we're going to bomb them back into the Stone Age.

At that time in my life, no conclusion was a bad conclusion. Something ended, and you stopped wishing and worrying. You could consider your mistakes, and you might be embarrassed by them, but the box was sealed, the door was shut, you were no longer immersed in the confusing middle.

Reconciliation: Our Greatest Challenge--Our Only Hope.

reconciliation is radical because it is biblical.

Reconciliation occurs between equals.

Reconciliation and social justice are two sides of the same coin.

If our spiritual boundaries are intact, we will know ourselves as spiritual beings, no matter the condition of our lives. Whether we are sick or in good health, depressed or happy, in a primary relationship or alone, we will know ourselves as part of the spiritual family of the living and the passed, the visible and invisible, the natural and the supernatural. We will be assured of grace, the optimum goal of life, or peace in the midst of anything.

You can support your spiritual-field repair with prayer, meditation, or contemplation. Prayer sends messages to the Divine; meditation quiets the self so it can receive a response. Contemplation is like having tea with God; we can sit and stare into the Divine's eyes forever, basking in this eternal presence, and simply enjoy our own nature.

Yoga, like meditation, offers a method for coming together after you've come apart.

Centering Prayer is aimed at healing the violence in ourselves and purifying the unconscious of its hidden and flawed motivation that reduces and can even cancel out the effectiveness of the external works of mercy, justice, and peace.

Nada te turbe, nada te'espante; Quien a Dios tiene nada le falta. Nada te turbe, nada te'espante, Solo Dios basta.

She was so much better at being alone; being alone came more naturally to her. She led a life of deliberate solitude, and if occasional loneliness crept in, she knew how to work her way out of that particular divot. Or even better, how to sink in and absorb its particular comforts.

She was so much better at being alone; being alone came more naturally to her. She led a life of deliberate solitude, and if occasional loneliness crept in, she knew how to work her way out … Or even better, how to sink in and absorb its particular comforts.

She was so much better at being alone; being alone came more naturally to her. She led a life of deliberate solitude, and if occasional loneliness crept in, she knew how to work her way out of that particular divot. Or even better, how to sink in and absorb its particular comforts. On

John had just released "Imagine," the song that would become an international anthem for peace, telling the world to "live as one," yet he couldn't pick up the phone, make peace with me and arrange to see his own son. Surely, I reasoned, Julian meant more to him than some foolish agreement with Yoko about dealing with each other's ex-partner. I was wrong. It was three years before John saw Julian again.

Just this once, let it be easy.

The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.

The United States has far more to offer the world than our bombs and missiles and our military technology.