Quotes About Peace

And so I do, with Gabe's help, feeling as scared as ever about the uncertain journey ahead, but also at peace. I know by now that you can't control your life, no matter how hard you try. That inevitably people leave and disappoint and die. But there is one constant, one thing you can always count on: that not only does love come first, but in the end, it is the only thing that remains.

thinking that's the thing about Andy—I'm always at least okay when I'm with him.

She's asleep, she can´t be mad in her sleep, can she?

Cluain Mhic Nóis

Once I spent a whole day there, a blade of grass in each hand to anchor me to the warm earth. I watched the sun rise, pass over my head and set. Ladybirds mated on my knuckle; a shrew nibbled a hole in my stocking while I tried not to laugh. Such a day was worth any punishment.

The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed. The experience of every-day life fully proves that the armed individual is invariably anxious to try his strength. The same is historically true of governments. Really peaceful countries do not waste life and energy in war preparations, with the result that peace is maintained.

The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.

Freedom, expansion, opportunity, and, above all, peace and repose, alone can teach us the real dominant factors of human nature and all its wonderful possibilities.

The governments of the world, knowing each other's interests, do not invade each other.

The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God.

He clearly indicates throughout his teaching that the time has come when man must make each and every day a spiritual Sabbath by knowing and doing all things in a spiritual light.

of the stream water.

I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?

And if history had taught any lessons it was that humans couldn't get along with anyone, even themselves.

Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is, so that I may feed him his organs.

I need to sleep, he thought wearily. But not to dream.

Humm humm haa. Rahmumm humm haa,' chantte Opal ter afronding. 'Vrede in mij, verdraagzaamheid om mij heen, vergeving op mijn pad. Goed Mervall, laat maar zien waar die smerige mens zit, zodat ik hem zijn eigen organen kan laten opvreten.

Leave me in peace and I probably won't kill you. No promises, mind. Probably is absolutely the best I can do.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, "He who is content.

It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.

Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature

If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them.

Why do you want to read anyway – for the sake of amusement or mere erudition? Those are poor, fatuous pretexts. Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?