Quotes About Peace

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.

I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.

He who avoids misunderstandings, Amused at the play of his own mind, Is ever joyful.

Don't worry about anything. Worrying never solved anything. All it does is distort your mind.

If anything, he wanted a very simple life filled with nature, books, and perhaps a few children. He knew that later in life, he also wanted to be let alone to read and to be quiet.

At work, nearly everyone was Korean, so nothing stupid was said about his background. At school, Mozasu hadn't thought that the taunts has bothered him much, but when the mean remarks had utterly disappeared from his daily life he realized how peaceful he could feel.

At work, nearly everyone was Korean, so nothing stupid was said about his background. At school, Mozasu hadn't thought that the taunts had bothered him much, but when the mean remarks had utterly disappeared from his daily life, he realized how peaceful he could feel.

in peacetime everyone actually wants to be mediocre and is terrified of being different.

Lately, Sunja wanted to hold babies. How wonderful it would be not to have to worry about a war or having enough food to eat, or finding shelter. Solomon and Phoebe wouldn't have to labor the way she and Kyunghee had, but could just enjoy their children.

What do you do with silence? Casey wondered. It was easier to yell back at her father. It was impossible to beat a person who refused to fight, who's never had a wish to win.

But you just said, we quarrel. I suppose it's like when two grannies have a dispute, and the villagers constantly whisper in their ears about the wickedness of the other one. If the grannies want to have any peace, they have to forget everyone else and remember that they used to be friends.

that to live without forgiveness was a kind of death with breathing and movement

Korea won't always be divided.

Her job was to rest before dying. All she had to do was nothing at all.

I want you to talk to me so I can go to sleep. I cannot sleep anymore, Solomon. I do not know why, but I cannot sleep anymore.

The mind that turns ever outward Will have no end to craving. Only the mind turned inward Will find a still-point of peace.

There is injustice in this world, yes. But there is no need to add to it.

Weapons are tools of ill omen Wielded by the ignorant.

What is it like to feel Tao? It is an effortless flowing, a sweeping momentum.

We must plunge into the mystery itself. Only then will we know peace.

Keep life simple… turn toward the divine. It satisfies, it brings knowledge, and it brings joy.

Go through life without showing off, attracting attention to yourself, or making flamboyant gestures. These will only attract the hostility of others. The wise accomplish all that they want without arousing the envy or scorn of others.

There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.