Quotes About Peace

?imdi Marcovaldo'nun uyuyabilmek için, ne oldu?unu kendisinin de pek bilmedi?i bir ?eye gereksinimi vard?, art?k gerçek, tam bir sessizlik bile yeterli olmayacakt?, sessizlikten daha yumu?ak bir dip gürültüsü, orman a?açlar?n?n ete?indeki bitkileri yalayan hafif bir meltem ya da çay?rdan f??k?rarak ak?p giden bir suyun ??r?lt?s?n? istiyordu.

prendete la vita con leggerezza, che leggerezza non è superficialità, ma planare sulle cose dall'alto, non avere macigni sul cuore

You see... War... For years now I've been dealing as best I can with a thing that in itself is appalling; war... and all this for ideals which I shall never, perhaps, be able to explain fully to myself..." "I too," replied Cosimo, "have lived many years for ideals which I would never be able to explain to myself; but I do something entirely good; I live on trees.

Mais je fais une chose tout à fait bonne: je vis dans les arbres

Amerigo avrebbe voluto continuare a scontrarsi con le cose, a battersi, eppure intanto raggiungere dentro di sé la calma al di là di tutto... Non sapeva cosa avrebbe voluto: capiva solo quant'era distante, lui come tutti, dal vivere come va vissuto quello che cercava di vivere

True religion, indeed, is that which does not have to be avowed in order to provide the solace that at times...if only rarely...you cannot do without.

Her illness was a relief, for if you are in a high fever you forget all your worries.

War ... has become impossible, except at the price of suicide.

Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.

Zaborav sve le?i, a pesma je najlepši na?in zaborava, jer u pesmi se ?ovek se?a samo onoga što voli.

You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it.

Let the blessing of Saint Peter's Master be… upon all that are lovers of virtue, and dare trust in his Providence, and be quiet and go a-angling.

I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing.

God has two dwellings: one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

The most simple things can bring the most happiness.

When the netted fence of spiderwebs that darkens my ruined house can hold the wind in its strands- that's when these troubled thoughts will blow away. . . .

As the Christ for all human beings, Jesus takes hold of our divided and peaceless human society at its lowest point, among the miserable, the despised and the unimportant.

Ik vraag of ze de muziek af wil zetten. Er is al zoveel lawaai op de wereld.

I believe in civility. But it is not a requirement of civility to pretend there is no war.

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

You can't possibly enjoy growing older unless you make peace with where you are right now.

Heaven for climate, Hell for company.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.

Not clinging to goals, even worthy goals, may be the way out of unhappiness.