Quotes About Peace

He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

O'er all the hilltopsIs quiet now,In all the treetopsHearest thouHardly a breath;The birds are asleep in the trees:Wait; soon like theseThou too shalt rest.

So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

The best is the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world, and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire or sword.

Laisse le grand monde aller son train sonore, nous autres nicherons ici en silence.

Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh, In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Vögelein schweigen in Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.

Show me the man who has the courage to hide his ill-humour, who bears the whole burden himself, without disturbing the peace of those around him. No: ill-humour arises from an inward consciousness of our own want of merit, from a discontent which ever accompanies that envy which foolish vanity engenders. We see people happy, whom we have not made so, and cannot endure the sight.

Content and peace of mind are valuable things: I could wish, my dear friend, that these precious jewels were less transitory.

A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.

That which disturbs your soul, you must not suffer

Nothing distresses me more than to see men torment each other; particularly when in the flower of their age, in the very season of pleasure, they waste their few short days of sunshine in quarrels and disputes, and only perceive their error when it is too late to repair it.

Beautify your breath - beautify your life.

Although anxiety is part of life, never let it control you.

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

Surrender to life today. Don't fight anything. Just enjoy the flow.

the habit of shutting doors behind us is invaluable to happiness; we must learn to shut life's doors to cut out the futile wind of past mistakes.

I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.

What I like doing best is Nothing.

Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and collected in heart; courageous and connected to own soul, to lay the way for a peaceful life.

Eight hours of sleep would be amazing. That would be the best. If I could just figure out that part of my life, it would be great.