Quotes About Peace

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Come, lay thy head upon my breast and I'll kiss thee unto rest.

I will not ask where thou liest low, Nor gaze upon the spot; There flowers or weeds at will may grow, So I behold them not

And gave no outward signs of inward strife

Sólo salgo para renovar la necesidad de estar solo.

This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace.

I think sleep is unrated.

No gangster is ever happy when he's at peace. The main reason he's in the business is to eliminate his enemies.

It's time for quiet, Shakes,' Michael said, staring down at the ground. 'That I do know. Give things a rest. Find a spot where I can shut my eyes and not have to see the places I've been. Maybe I'll even get lucky and forget I was ever there.

People misunderstand power. Real power is being at peace with oneself and living in the moment—not being affected by the currents and actions of others.

Forgiveness is about freeing yourself from anger that can be crippling.

Forgiveness is really about freeing yourself from the hate and self-pity, which eats like a cancer into your brain day and night, year after year.

The world around me fades.

The Vizier is a genius, truly, if he can keep peace among three hundred women. I can't do so with only one.

Then came her voice in his ear: "I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee. I give myself to thee." And at last she sank onto him, and he wrapped his arms about her and savoured the delicious peace. The stray, funny thought came: we're married , and he laughed out loud.

Worry is like a rocking chair. It uses up all your energy, but where does it get you?

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

I remember saying that there was a difference between examining and dwelling, and if we're cut off from our feelings, just skating on the surface, we don't get peace or joy—we get deadness.

I think about how it's not knowing that torments all of us. At a certain point, we all have to come to terms with the unknown and the unknowable. Sometimes we'll never know why.

She still equates feeling loved not with peace or joy but with anxiety.