Quotes About Peace

Rest. Rest. Rest in God's love," Madame Guyon had written. "The only work you are required now to do is to give your most intense attention to His still, small voice within.

Let the peace of this place surround you as you sit or kneel quietly. Let the hurry and worry of your life fall away. You are God's child. He loves you and cares for you, and is here with you now and always. Speak to Him thoughtfully, give yourself time for Him to bring things to mind.

Thomas à Kempis: "Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a book.

Don't worry about anything," Paul had written to the church at Philippi, "but in everything, by prayer and supplication, make your requests known unto God. And the peace that passes all understanding will fill your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

In any decision making, he'd learned to wait for the peace; it was heedless to make a move without it. There was no time for waiting, and yet waiting was imperative.

Flowers don't solve anything, but they can improve most everything.

Wilderness is good, it gives me perspective. I get small again, the ego deflates.

to be somewhere safe with somebody good.

He said what his dad said when he couldn't pray, when his thoughts were too jumbled, when he couldn't think straight: 'Jesus'.

History writes the word 'Reconciliation' over all her quarrels.

The ultimate resolution to the search for happiness is spiritual.

Als ze verder slenteren, zegt Dirk verontschuldigend tegen Michiel: 'Het heeft immers geen zin erover te praten.' 'Nee,' zegt Michiel, 'het heeft geen zin. Eén ding heeft maar zin.' 'Wat dan?' 'Nooit meer in een oorlog vechten, alleen nog tegen oorlog.' 'Zo is het,' zegt Dirk.

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Orleans." Silently, we all took a seat at the

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity; and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war.

When red fires blaze in the mountains, why would one need more dry wood? When great rivers are already swollen with water, what need could there be for a heavy rain? When there is already discord between countries, why stir up further turmoil?

Wrong solitude vinegars the soul, right solitude oils it.

I cast my hook, my vote against it, I decide to make peace. I declare this intention but nothing answers. And so I put peace in a warm place, towel-covered, to proof, then into an oven. I wait. Peace is patient and undemanding, it surpasseth.

As human beings we all suffer from a fundamental anxiety that creeps into all our activities and makes lasting peace or joy impossible.

The peace and equanimity of the Buddha comes from an acceptance of the transitory nature of life.