Quotes About Peace

The dead are dead, and talking won't bring them back to life.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace.

Whatever good I have kept in me—and in the world it is very hard to keep any—I owe it to Ben on those still Sunday mornings in those deep, old, quiet, green woods.

This was thoroughly irrational in me, of course. The happiness of our very early years is quite unconscious, and derives its peace from that very unconsciousness. If a child, or a puppy, knew he were happy, he would be analytical; and with the first moment of self-analysis the first shadow of discomfort would fall.

It seemed to me happiness exquisite enough only to stretch my limbs in peace on the cool moss; only to pass the whole blithe day without one voice raised in anger at me; only just to be fed, and to be clean, and to be left quite free. The passion for freedom is intense in dogs.

What a relief to leave the job of directing the universe to God.

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all.

Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify.

Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all." "Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

Music will save the world.

comer, al lado y conviviendo en armonía

Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.

O imperialismo sabe ou não sabe o que a União Soviética é capaz de fazer para nos defender? (...) Se errarem, destruirão o imperialismo até suas raízes, mas de nós também sobrará muito pouco; por isso temos que lutar pela paz com convicção.

Les hommes les plus sains d'esprits ne sont que des fous tranquilles.

disputing nothing is the first step through the difficult door of happiness

When your body is in seclusion your mind will be also. Give up idle gossip and speak less. If you hurt another's feelings, both of you create negative karma […] don't allow yourself to feel attached or hostile. Maintain a peaceful frame of mind. Give up angry and harsh words; instead speak with a smiling face.

Don't regard any sentient being as your enemy: to do so is only your mind's delusion. (p. 29)

Solitude is the source of happiness

A little house—a house of my own—Out of the wind's and the rain's way.

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.