Quotes About Peace

people are much happier when they're mindful of what they're doing.

If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows, as surely as one's shadow.

I was warm with the glow of acceptance.

May all beings have happiness and the true causes of happiness;

Too much thinking is not necessary.

May all beings be free from suffering and the true causes of suffering;

May all beings abide in peace and equanimity, their minds free from attachment and aversion, and free from indifference.

love and compassion—the true causes of happiness.

The more we let go, the more peace here." He touched his heart.

There can come a time, witnessing the decline of a loved one, when the peace of physical death starts to seem preferable to the torture of continued living.

When you have that contentment within, whether or not you achieve your goals, I think success becomes more likely." "The paradox of nonattachment," agreed Serena.

When one is angry, the first person to suffer is oneself. No one who is angry has a happy, peaceful mind.

Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment deliberately and non-judgementally.

Casting a stone into a tranquil lake has a much greater impact than throwing the same stone into a turbulent sea. So, too, the understanding of a settled mind.

The quiet this evening is unsettling. I hadn't realised how loud life was until it all stopped.

Maybe it's not that it's too quiet now, maybe it was too loud before?

Everything was fine, and she had the rare, new sensation of being exactly where she wanted to be.

And then some days you wake up and everything is perfect.

The great virtue of defeat, once accepted, is that it at least allows one to rest.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of men's lives.

If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation, conducted the war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and from the way we have failed to make our case to the great moderate mass of peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world, we need to listen to Greg Mortenson. I did, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Calm me, O Lord, as You stilled the storm; Still me, O Lord; keep me from harm. Let all the storms within me cease. Enfold me, Lord, in Your peace. Amen. —CELTIC PRAYER