Quotes About Peace

When he slept he did so dreamlessly, like a bug.

What a wonderful world.

War is wonderful, until someone is killed.

I am no philosopher, but I know this. Your religions cause wars and prevent marriages. There will be no peace on earth until every synagogue, every mosque, every church, and every temple is razed to the ground or made into a barn, and when that happens, no one will be happier than the Lord God Himself.

If you have been embroiled in a war in which you confidently expected to die, what were you supposed to do with so much life unexpectedly left over? There were so many ways of passing the peace, and you would never know what they would have been like, those roads not taken.

There is nothing so good and lovely as when man and wife in their home dwell together in unity of mind and disposition.

It was now possible to wake up in the morning and be amazed and grateful to be yet alive and living in a solid house, and to go to bed at night full of relief at having lived a commonplace and uneventful day.

Nos hiciste para Ti y nuestro corazón está inquieto mientras no descanse en Ti.

There are many ways of fighting. Many a man or woman has waged a good war for truth, honor, and freedom, who did not shed blood in the process. Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is the violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

Avoid conflict and trouble, for enough of it fetches to a man without his asking.

I learned then that many a victory is easier won with words than a sword—and the results are better.

If you're going to have peace rather than violence, both sides have got to want it. One side alone can't make peace.

It is a living. It is enough. I am free. The nights are long and quiet, the mornings cool and bright, I live with the sun, the moon, and the stars. The air is fresh where I am, and there is no one to hurry me or to demand this or that of me.

From Elisha Comes to Red Horse : I leave their politics and religion be. Folks can think the way they want, act the way they please, even to acting the fool. All I ask is they don't make too much noise and don't interfere with other people.

What so many of us who abhor violence often forget is that we have peace and civilized lives because there were men and women who went before us who were willing to fight for our freedom to live in peace.

A man who starts imagining that others think good because he does is simply out of his mind. I've helped bury a few who did think that way... nice, peaceful men who wanted no trouble and made none. When feeding time comes around there's nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

we hold this land only for a time. Whether we win it in peace or war, we hold it only in trust for other peoples, and other generations.

Don't go for that gun," I said quietly. "I want you tried in a court of law, not dead on this floor.

He was ready to die here—today.  There was nowhere left to go. He knew he had reached the end of his trail and he was content. As

exhilarating silence.

in order to have peace both sides must want it equally. One side cannot make peace; they can only surrender.

And where, in my time, would my body lie?

off the leaves and straightened my clothes, wishing there was

staring out at the sunlit street. It was a whole lot simpler out