Quotes About Peace

She drew in a breath of salty sea air and let it out, mentally disconnecting with life on land even as the boat whisked her away from it. Just for today, she'd leave her worries behind and surrender to the wind's wiles.

I loved getting up before everyone else, when the house was still and I could read or listen to a podcast alone in a frozen world. I knew where everyone was. I knew they were safe. I could relax.

Most supernatural peace is too quiet for our flesh.

History alone looks upon war as a grand achievement; all else look upon it as a dreadful last resort.

Permitidme que os invite a un trago antes de la guerra.

Soft waves broke against the rocks.

If the question is 'How do we stop enormous evils in the world?' the answer is, unfortunately, quite frequently 'War.' Nazi and Japanese racist genocide were ended by soldiers shooting people, and by bombers bombing people, not by people who believed 'war is not the answer.

Therefore, there is no issue here of a holy text depicting people being ordered by their God to kill infidels or innocents.

A life filled with tension can be a deeply happy one. A life filled with aggravation or stress cannot.

We cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see But all is well that's done by Thee.

Having many enemies means having no peace.

Fundamental movements are generally preoccupied with criticism, and with a desire for revenge and justice, a justice which is not tempered by mercy. ... Criticism, even when justified, can attract so many enemies that any spiritual possibilities one may have will be jeopardised because, to put it in its mildest form, having many enemies means having no peace.

Human beings have a tremendous need to have quiet time alone, to reflect upon life and reconnect with the soul.

We are rebels at war with God. We cannot make peace with Him until we lay down our rebellion—

There is a certain kind of dignity we admire, and to which we aspire, in the person who refuses to meet anger with anger, violence with violence, or hatred with hatred.

Forgiveness is nothing less than the way we heal the world. We heal the world by healing each and every one of our hearts. The process is simple, but it is not easy.

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

the cycle of reprisal and counter reprisal that had characterized their national history had to be broken and that the only way to do this was to go beyond retributive justice to restorative justice, to move on to forgiveness, because without it there was no future.

Once you have been able to forgive, the final step is to either renew or release the relationship you have with the one who has harmed you. Indeed, even if you never speak to the person again, even if you never see them again, even if they are dead, they live on in ways that affect your life profoundly.

in the sentiment of Mahatma Gandhi, when we practice the law of an eye for an eye, we all end up blind.

There will be no future unless there is peace. There can be no peace unless there is reconciliation. But there can be no reconciliation before there is forgiveness. And there can be no forgiveness unless people repent.

Somewhere deep inside us we seem to know that we are destined for something better than strife.

Peace always comes to those who choose to forgive

I would love to know who killed my father. So would my brother." Her next words stunned me and left me breathless. "We want to forgive them. We want to forgive, but we don't know who to forgive.