Quotes About Peace

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods.

Let the sun shine in.

Biblioteket var hans tilfluktssted fra privatliv og offentlige oppgaver, fra verdens kjas og mas og samtidens uroligheter.

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.

It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields — even to sadness.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

When snow falls, nature listens.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

We stand at an immense fork in the raod. One way is the path of generosity, dignity and a respect for other races and customs; the other leads most certainly to greed, suspicion, hatered and the old, bloody course of violence and waste - and now, God help us, to the very destruction of all the struggles and triumphs of the human race on this earth. My old friends and fellow townsmen: which will it be?

The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.

The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.

Mignon' said the King, 'soon you are going to be a great king'. But he also told Anjou, in a memorable phrase 'Try to remain at peace with your neighbors: I have loved war too much...

The white noise from the old Walkman enveloped them both; like a blanket of new snow, it draped itself over them, shutting out all the curious looks. And the world under the blanket was - surprisingly, wonderfully - absolutely, quiet.

El tiempo no podía cambiar el pasado, pero traía paz.

Anyone who worked with him will recall the moment when his face softened into a knowing smile. It was the moment he thought he had the answer. That smile was the same smile he wore when he wrote an opinion that wrote itself. He loved the truth, and his smile betrayed the peace and joy he found in its pursuit.

Porque vosotros sois demasiado pacíficos, demasiado insinceros, demasiado fríos. Pero yo estoy ardiendo por dentro; ardiendo con un fuego terrible, que no me deja vivir y que puede haceros arder a todos... Ardiendo en esto que los videntes llaman oscuridad, y que es horroroso..., porque no sabemos lo que es. Yo os voy a traer la guerra, y no la paz.

Era l'ora che turba il cuore; quell'ora in cui, mancando la luce, le cose e le anime si sentono libere, quasi, da una vigilanza fastidiosa; i monti paiono coricarsi a grande agio sul piano, le campagne dilagano sopra i villaggi e casali, le ombre pigliano corpo, i corpi sfumano in ombra, nel cuore umano affondano le impressioni, i pensieri del presente, e vien su un movimento confuso di ricordanze lontane, di fantasmi che inteneriscono e fanno sospirare in silenzio.

Neppure un atomo si moveva, nel silenzio grave della notte.