Quotes About Peace

if you can't take a nap, if you can't take a day off, heaven's going to drive you nuts.

Slipped beneath the minnow Pea front door] Nollopton Monty No-way 6 Insane woman named Ella: Retreat is what we want. Go away. Let we alone. Anonymess

A self-imposed workout is Western meditation at its finest—not tranquil Zen breaths, but all-American panting and puffing, followed by a peace that may be as fine in its way as anything the monks can produce with two hours

To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce.

I went to the Protestant cemetery, and it sounds really morbid, but when I came here, I thought that this is where I want to die. I feel spiritually found here.

For instance, there is no light without darkness—and this troubles many of us—but without it, how else would we tell one from the other? We spend half of every day in darkness; surely we should make our peace with this.

If man could apply half the ingenuity he's exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there's no limit to what he might yet accomplish

He ran west, away from the rising sun. The wet sand glistened in the morning light and felt spongy beneath his shoes. The tide was out, and the beach sat wide, filled with a fresh assortment of seashells and sand crabs scurrying sideways and jellyfish stranded out of water. Seagulls picked over dead fish, and a pelican stood witness. The wind was down, the sea smooth, and the waves low swells instead of whitecaps. The air was fresh, and the beach was his.

Let your fear go. Release it to the wind. Open your soul. Feel the divine.

6. Help guide the person to a saner way of thinking when he is calm.

Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note—torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one." —HENRY WARD BEECHER

We forgive when we no longer need to blame; we forget when we no longer need to remember.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." —INDIRA GANDHI

We all have sinned and fall short of his holiness. That's why we need him. When he forgives me and comes into my life, he walks with me and gives me peace and hope — ironically enough, he gives me comfort — but I still have rough days. Sometimes they're rougher because I do trust Jesus. But it's not about having good days or bad days; it's about being his.

The sky was just beginning to light up a little, the quiet time when all the air is clean and you can hear birds, even in the middle of New York City, the time of day you never see except by accident, and you always tell yourself, "I must get up and appreciate this time of day once in awhile," and then you never do. Don't ask me why.

From here on in, I rag nobody

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

Jesus is the Author of peace. He is God's peacemaker (Ephesians 2:13-14).

1. the belt of truth 2. the breastplate of righteousness 3. the shoes of peace 4. the shield of faith 5. the helmet of salvation 6. the sword of the Spirit

Timothy Keller makes the point well: Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom. (Keller, Walking with God, 47)

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This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future.

Instead of revenge, transcend.

If all poor people refused to fight, he argued, the rich would have no army and there would be no war.