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Quotes About Peace

If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
When things are crazy, her grandfather said, dogs are a reminder of sanity.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
It's my worst trouble, getting fond. If I didn't get fond I could be happy all the time.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Her father said, "You know, my dears, the world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes." "Even at a time like this?" Meg asked. The call from Calvin, the sound of her husband's voice, had nearly broken her control. "Especially at a time like this," her mother said gently.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Just relax and don't worry over things that needn't trouble you," Mrs Whatsit said.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
the world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
If someone knows who he is, really knows, then he doesn't need to hate. That's why we still need Namers
~ Madeleine L'Engle
there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Where there is an unreconciled quarrel, everybody suffers
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Your planet does not deal gently with lovers of peace.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
Charles Wallace nodded. "Mad Dog Branzillo was born in Vespugia. But right here, where we stand, Madoc came and married Zyll and made the roses burn for peace. What happened to the Wind People? Where are they now?" "They were lovers of peace," Gaudior replied shortly. "Your planet does not deal gently with lovers of peace.
~ Madeleine L'Engle (Author)
la brezza della sera arruffava gli alberi e le accarezzava i capelli, calda e dolce
~ Madeleine Wickham
Peace is the center of the atom, the core of quiet within the storm. It is not a cessation . . .
~ Madeline L'Engle
Life went on. And it was quite usual to see young people taking a boat out over the quiet water of the lake in Lough Glass at night. Stevie and Kit took the little box of ashes and sprinkled it in the water. The moon was high in the sky and they didn't feel sad. It wasn't really a funeral. All that was over, in London and years ago … the first time. This wasn't a sad thing, it was just the right thing to do.
~ Maeve Binchy
patted her stomach
~ Maeve Binchy
single night
~ Maeve Binchy
Women's status in society has become the standard by which humanity's progress toward civility and peace can be measured."-Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images
~ Mahnaz Afkhami
Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.
~ Maira Kalman
Washing dishes is the anecdote to confusion. I know that for a fact.
~ Maira Kalman
The book. Calming object. Held in the hand.
~ Maira Kalman
All war is absurd. For thousands of years, human beings have chosen to settle their differences by obliterating one another. And when we are not obliterating one another, we spend an enormous amount of time and attention coming up with better ways to obliterate one another the next time around. It's all a little strange, if you think about it.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
The whole Mennonite philosophy is that we forgive and we move on." To the Mennonites, forgiveness is a religious imperative: Forgive those who trespass against you. But
~ Malcolm Gladwell
For the unhappy," Alvarez wrote, "Christmas is always a bad time: the terrible false jollity that comes at you from every side, braying about goodwill and peace and family fun, makes loneliness and depression particularly hard to bear.
~ Malcolm Gladwell