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Quotes About Peace

We are not to forget but to overcome. That happens through gratitude. We are not supposed to solve the unsolved puzzle of the past and fall into tortuous brooding, but to let even the incomprehensible stand and return it peacefully to God's hand. This happens through humility. "He has done everything well.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Are you afraid of God's wrath? Then go to the child in the manger and receive there the peace of God.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From this it follows that the Body of Christ is the place of acceptance, the place of atonement and peace between God and man. God finds man in the Body of Christ, and man finds himself accepted by God in that same body.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed with besetting concerns for the day's work. At the threshold of the new day stands the Lord who made it.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One is less lonely when one is alone.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The more our life is permeated by God, the simpler it becomes. This simplicity is defined by the inward unity which our life assumes because we no longer seek for any but one end: God. No
~ Dietrich von Hildebrand
If you master your mind, it will remain naturally concentrated, peaceful and aware. You will even be able to wander around in a crowd without being distracted and carried away by desire or aversion.
~ Dilgo Khyentse
God's strength makes us strong; His comfort comforts us. With Him, we no longer run; we rest.
~ Dillon Burroughs
The response to stress is not less time in God's Word, but more.
~ Dillon Burroughs
The one who finds contentment is truly rich.
~ Dillon Burroughs
To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our world, it is not the soldier but the activist who calls for peace.
~ Dillon Burroughs
We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons.
~ Dillon Burroughs
God does give times of peace in our Christian lives, but it is not all of the time.
~ Dillon Burroughs
God may allow a disturbance, but we don't have to be disturbed by it.
~ Dillon Burroughs
Has God called you to speak out for peace in a tense situation? Are there lives on the line God is calling you to stand up for, to declare peace to, and to encourage toward a non-violent solution? If so, do it. You never know what might happen. Maybe the Lord is likewise sending you to save many lives from destruction.
~ Dillon Burroughs
When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God.
~ Dillon Burroughs
Mari sunt satisfac?iile unei vie?i laborioase, a?ezate ?i lini?tite, dar ?i mai mare este atrac?ia abisului.
~ Dino Buzzati
Pensò di essere nel mondo dell'aldilà, apparentemente identico al nostro, solo che le belle cose si avverano secondo i giusti desideri e dopo essere stati soddisfatti si rimane con l'animo in pace, non come quaggiù dove c'è sempre qualche cose che avvelena anche le giornate migliori.
~ Dino Buzzati
Pensò di essere nel mondo dell'aldilà, apparentemente identico al nostro, solo che le belle cose si avverano secondo i giusti desideri e dopo essere stati soddisfatti si rimane con l'animo in pace, non come quaggiù dove c'è sempre qualche cosa che avvelena anche le giornate migliori.
~ Dino Buzzati
For the first time in years he raised his eyes to the windows and saw, beyond the frozen roofs and under the crystal clear sky, the distant mountains gleaming, white with snow. They looked like silver clouds sailing gaily along, slow-moving, above the worries of the earth. He looked at them: for how long had he been oblivious to their existence? He thought, how different they are from us men, God, how pure and beautiful.
~ Dino Buzzati
He had a sudden twinge of conscience concerning his responsibilities at the seaside villa, but dismissed it as quixotic. What he was doing was harming no one, and the blessing and peace of it all was so great a boon. He had tried cutting it off drastically once, and the result had been an explosion of emotion he had no mind to precipitate again. What earthly need was there to give up his dream-woman who harmed nobody and helped him so tremendously?
~ Dion Fortune
Ich dachte (...) an die beiden alten Männer, die einander rasierten, während die Welt sich weiter drehte, denn schließlich und endlich wird das Männerhaar trotz Friedensvertrag und Kampf um die Vormacht in Irland weiterwachsen.
~ Djuna Barnes
Work, look for peace and calm in work; you will find it nowhere else.
~ Dmitri Mendeleev
Nema Srbija tu sre?u da susedi ratuju na njenoj strani.
~ Dobrica ?osi?