Quotes About Peace

My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.

I know what I can know, and am not troubled about what I cannot know.

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather.

What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and others.

Teachers, parents and school administrators: Today's teachers can create a Planet of Peace. The communication process you will learn by reading Nonviolent Communication is the cornerstone.

Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.

The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

For peace read books, for success read books and take actions.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

And when she played the clarinet it was as though the music came not from the instrument but straight out of her body, only passing through the clarinet to pick up some sweetness and sadness, and taking you to a real, silent place where there is no enemy, no struggle, and where everything is free from shame and treachery and clear of thoughts of betrayal.

Clopotele bisericilor si ale manastirilor au inceput acum sa bata, de departe si de aproape, dar si ele sunt undeva, inauntrul tacerii.

Jag skulle aldrig slåss för ett extra sovrum åt nationen. Jag skulle aldrig slåss för heliga platser eller heliga sevärdheter. Jag skulle aldrig slåss för så kallade nationella intressen. Men jag skulle slåss för liv och frihet och ingenting annat, slåss av bara helvete.

the bile rising in her throat. Was it over? That easy?

There is much happiness to be found in acceptance

My dogs can't do anything--and what a relief. I don't make any demands of them, and I don't try to shape them or their future. For the most part, I trust them to make the right choices for themselves. I always look forward to seeing them, and I love just watching them sleep. What a great relationship.

Here is what you do. You ease yourself into a tub of water, you ease yourself down. You lie back and wait for the ripples to smooth away. Then you take a deep breath, and slide your head under, and listen for the playfulness of your heart.

For peace of mind I will lie about any thing at any time.

If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no worries, fears, or desires, when my life seemed as soft and lovely as lying inside a cocoon of rose silk.

The best life you can have as you get into old age is good food, good teeth to eat it with, and few worries when you go to bed at night.

I ask myself, How can I relax? How can I let go of everything that's happened? You need complete trust to do that.

When there is great suffering, he said, everyone struggles the same. But when there is peace, no one wants to be the same. The rich no longer share. The less rich envy and steal.

My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can't be loved as I am.