Quotes About Peace

We sometimes take refuge in misery, a strange kind of comfort... But no matter what happens in life, happiness is there for us, waiting to be embraced.

This is just another day in April, a Tuesday defined by isolation and hard-won serenity

In her countless long walks over these one hundred and thirty acres

Isolation is a wall against fear and despair. Only nature, quiet, and time for reflection can heal her. If she can be healed.

You could withdraw, remake your life with a small circle of friends who didn't wish to silence and punish their fellow countrymen with whom they disagreed, who knew the grievous threat to peace that arose from contempt for others, from an inflated self-esteem that became vainglory. But there was no town remote enough, no fortress walls high enough to protect you from mad ideas with mass appeal

Variety is not the spice of life. It is the mother of disorder. Individuality is not the hallmark of freedom. It is the essence of decadence. Freedom is slavery to chaos. Unity is peace, all thinking and acting as one.

So the peacemakers were bomb makers." "A lot of people these days are the opposite of what they say they are, and a lot of them probably don't even realize it. They're opposed to racism even as they act like racists. They're opposed to fascism, even as they act like fascists. The world's gone weird.

Embrace the weather, child, and you'll understand the balance of the world.

Having found peace in isolation, she won't put it at risk.

You can have privacy and tranquility up there, too, but also a sort of neighborhood.

Only the human monster knew beauty and rejected it, knew truth and disdained it, knew peace and did not prefer it, unlike the tiger and the wolf who knew not.

The island, purchased as the artist's retreat, in time became his sanctuary from ridicule and humiliation.

hope knowing this doesn't diminish your love of the island.

What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?

meant to go down to the water and sit in the dock chair, let the blissful tranquility of the lake

Sure, I can turn on the TV or music, but even then I can't turn off the quiet, the emptiness.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves.

Addie had always considered the holidays an extra-special time of year. Magic hung in the air, and people were gentler, kinder to one another. Differences were set aside, friendships deepened, and people in general were more charitable and happier.

The thing I've learned - and trust me, I'm no expert- is that forgiveness isn't a gift we give the offender. It's something we do for ourselves

I'd come to appreciate the sounds of silence. I'd grown accustomed to the stillness of Ponder, where one could hear the snow being blown off the tree limbs by the wind, the distant cry of a caribou, and the crackle of the Northern Lights.

Christmas is a condition of the heart.

This was the sign of a strong friendship, Nichole thought. They were content to be together without having to chat the whole time.

Addicted to the small comfort I felt when I centered myself and concentrated on creating something beautiful.