Quotes About Peace

There's a blessing in the moments after terror and before confirmation.

He knows stability is the key, and he wants peace.

It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber. If love comes from the heart, where does hate come from? Children aren't born knowing how to hate. They must be taught. Therefore, the lesson is simple. Let's not teach our children hatred and prejudice, because what they don't know won't hurt them — or others. PEACE IS PATRIOTIC.

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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

La volonté affirmée de conférer à l'ONU le soin de prévenir les conflits, ou de tenter sa médiation pour y mettre fin, marque une avancée historique dans la conscience collective de l'humanité. L'ONU enseigne l'art de faire la paix et de dénouer les conflits par des approches adaptées dans plusieurs institutions, véritables écoles de la tolérance et du compromis créées à cette fin.

chapitre xvii Que disent les philosophes Dans toutes les civilisations, philosophes et penseurs se sont donné pour objectif de reléguer ou de contenir l'agressivité et d'en prémunir autant que possible les sociétés humaines. Tout au moins jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine.

All was at peace while Batty picked flowers and hummed a song about kangaroos.

Not the kind of passionate, thrilling happy that can quickly turn into disappointment, but the calm happy that comes when life is steadily going along just the way it should.

Jeanne Birdsall

Death doesn't frighten me now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

Remember my words: Be truthful, be kind to one another, and you will attain peace. We will meet again in another life.

I was happy, and nothing in the world can make you oblivious to your surroundings like happiness.

It's good to sometimes let things go. And people, too," she added.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.

Solitude my solace, wrapped around me like layers of golden hair. Stacks of books and I can sing as loud as I please all day and night. [from the poem, Rapunzel: I like the Quiet ]

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157)

May sleep envelop you as a bed sheet floating gently down, tickling your skin and removing every worry. Reminding you to consider only this moment.

Why is everyone seeking and no one finding? Because they're not seeking truth or growth or change, they're seeking peace of mind. The rest is just dressing.

A poem by Ryokan comes to mind: Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. One of my favorites.

Surrender is victory.

The subtext of every question is, Am I making progress by asking questions and trying to understand the answers? And the subtext of every answer is, Yes, you are going somewhere while sitting here talking or reading. This is progress. Be at peace. You are progressing and well-progressed. That's the obvious lie we want to hear and those who tell it most convincingly are the most respected and revered and sought after.