Quotes About Peace

John F. Kennedy is reported to have said that we can forgive our enemies but we shouldn't forget their names.

He said He would forgive us when we ask. If it's peace of mind you're seeking, it's available." "In church." "No." She pressed her hand over his heart. "You won't find what you're seeking in any building.

Then, in the tranquility of church on Christmas Eve, everything had come into perspective for Cait. There had been crowds and rudeness that first Christmas, too, she reasoned. Yet in the midst of that confusion had come joy and peace and love.

There was a certain comfort in denial. This fragile peace with her consciousness had to be maintained at all costs. Ignored and buried.

once heard it explained that being near the ocean, with the surf and the swirling waters, was like being tucked inside a mother's womb.

my mother telling me never to go to bed without resolving an argument.

Let go in order to receive. This one came from Leanne, who felt it was important that we not get caught up in a quagmire of resentment and bitterness.

If more people knitted and crocheted, the world would see fewer wars and a whole lot less road rage.

Tanks were normal. Bombs were normal. Why couldn't eating be normal?

I've been surrounded by love. I know now what the Bible means when it says that His grace is sufficient, that His peace passes understanding. It's all so true.

Anna, I hope I didn't wake

When we voice our reality, educate others, and stand up for what we and our family need from a place of compassion, strength, confidence, and peace, the whole outdated, ineffective, intolerant parenting paradigm that we've lived with for decades is going to come tumbling down.

When they're talking about me they're letting someone else rest.

He rose and walked to the windows. The moon reflected the pristine whiteness blowing into shadowy silvery mounds beneath the stars. It spread out before him, all pure and flowing and sterling. There'd always been a gentle peace and welcome solitude on a wintry night in this house. A place of memories and innocent times; a place for new plans.

the truth of the matter is that we've all got cracks in our spirits, and we have to remember they're only there because we need them.... Otherwise, how could God's grace filter in deep enough to give us the joy and peace we're all searching for in this world. It couldn't, plain and simple.

But the truth of the matter is that we've all got cracks in our spirits, and we have to remember they're only there because we need them. ... Otherwise, how could God's grace filter in deep enough to give us the joy and peace we're all searching for in this world? It couldn't, plan and simple.

Sanatta kazanan bizler doÄŸada her zaman maÄŸlubuz.

Living up the Moyea with plenty of small chores to distract him, he forgot he was a sad man. When the hymns began, he remembered.

Who said it? – probably Confucius – "I can't beat a sculpture from a stone with a sledgehammer; I can't free the soul of man by violence." Peace was here, peace was now. Peace promised in any other time or place was a lie.

We Vietnamese have two philosophies to sustain us. The Confucian tells us how to behave when fate grants us peace and order. The Buddhist trains us to accept our fate even when it brings us blood and chaos.

To find the people who've became truly sane, seek among those who've managed to do without sanity.

In fact he was no longer persuaded that blood and revolution made useful tools for altering the concepts in a person's mind. Who said it?—probably Confucius—" I can't beat a sculpture from a stone with a sledgehammer; I can't free the soul of a man by violence." Peace was here, peace was now. Peace promised in any other time or place was a lie.

Don't be a grudge collector. Too many people spend too much time every day thinking of past hurts, suffered-through office politics, messed-up relationships and, in general, the evils of the world. Don't waste your energy in this way. Apply your excellent mind to forgiving and forgetting.

He was a man who knew he'd come in after a long day and had found his shade (Irma)