Quotes About Peace

Love and a sense of calmness are the only things you need to bring to the experience of death.

I married you to stop the bloodshed, and you keep killing. When will it be enough- when?

The Lemon Tree Important to read for those who care about the conflict between Palistinians and jews

We can continue to fight. We can continue to kill—and continue to be killed. But we can also try to put a stop to this never-ending cycle of blood. We can also give peace a chance.

I struggle for your rights despite my fears. But your rights have to be balanced against our needs for survival. That is why you cannot be satisfied. For you, every viable solution will always be lacking in justice. In a peace plan, everybody will have to do with less than they deserve.

Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) alongside Bashir's love of Arde Falastin (Land of Palestine).

it is only through forgiveness that wrongs can be put right.

La paz no consiste sólo en dejar de disparar, sino en construir con generosidad y sentido colectivo un entorno legal, social y económico; es decir, necesita un estado pleno y de derecho que la haga posible, que le permita respirar

Los muertos no te engañan, ni te desilusionan. Sólo comparten su paz contigo.

Papá siempre decía que lo que le fascinaba de la pesca era la tranquilidad. De pie en la orilla, rodeado de un bosque de pinos o con medio cuerpo dentro del agua, decía que encontraba la posición perfecta para meditar o simplemente para poner la mente en blanco. Yo ahora sospecho que lo de le gustaba era el silencio. Cada minuto con la boca cerrada era un tiempo ganado a las cosas de las que no quería hablar

Lord, on this day, please grant us the serenity to accept all that we cannot change, the courage to change the things we need to, and your everlasting wisdom so that we may know the difference.

nature's beauty was a powerful balm for the mind.

Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

in a world of chaos and ticking clocks, live for the moments that keep you still

Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace.

Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace. Eat." Peter

Pax? That's his name? It means 'peace,' you know." Peter knew that—lots of people had told him. "But

This is America. We're supposed to be free to be Jewish here, to live in peace and not be afraid. George Washington literally said so in that letter he wrote to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island. (163)

If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.

See you in dreamland

I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.

Sometimes, fewer choices can be a good thing.

I sat up, sliding them off, and the quiet around me did not, for once, seem empty and vast. Instead, for the first time in a while, it felt like it already was full.

Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.