Quotes About Peace

In the eleven months preceding the outbreak of World War II, 211 treaties of peace were signed. Were these treaties of peace written on paper, or were they written on the hearts of men? And we must ask ourselves as we hear of treaties being written today, whether the treaties of the UN are written with the full cognizance of the fact that those who sign them are responsible before God?

God prefers a loving sinner to a loveless "saint." Love can be trained; pride cannot. The man who thinks that he knows will rarely find truth; the man who knows he is a miserable, unhappy sinner, like the woman at the well, is closer to peace, joy and salvation than he knows.

There, in a place of peace in the lonely abandonment of a cold windswept cave; there, under the floor of the world, He Who is born without a mother in heaven, is born without a father on earth.

Peace also implies order, the subordination of the body to the soul, of the senses to reason, and of the creature to the Creator.

two world wars in twenty-one years, and the universal dread of nuclear incineration. This time God has given us John Paul II

This I know. This I believe with all my heart. If we want a free and peaceful world, if we want to make the deserts bloom and man grow to greater dignity as a human being-we can do it! - Eleanor Roosevelt Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.- -John Ruskin Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.

Is there any way to restore harmony to the world? It can be done only by someone coming in from eternity and stopping the note in its wild flight. But will it still be a false note? The harmony can be destroyed on one condition only. If that note is made the first note in a new melody, then it will become harmonious.

The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for His mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness.

Solitude can be very rewarding and full of blessing because in the silence of the inner being, one finds God

Peace belongs only to those who will to have it

El secreto de una buena vejez no es mas que un pacto honrado con la soledad.

It is easier to start a war than to end it.

Nincs az az orvosság, ami meggyógyítaná azt, amit a boldogság nem tud meggyógyítani.

Je ne peux pas être vraiment en paix avec moi-même si je ne suis pas en paix avec mes frères.

Le silence nous enveloppait toujours. non pas oppressant comme lorsqu'il dit l'absence de vie, mais tout gonflé d'une révélation heureuse qui est sur le point d'être faite.

May the sun smile sweetly. May the rain fall softly. May a breeze ruffle your hair. May your host receive you with charm. May your rest be calm. May you be glad wherever you are.

I gathered them on my stomach and waited for sleep. But sleep was busy elsewhere.

When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today's wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.

If you get mad at something that says 'Love Wins,' I don't know what to tell you.

Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.

In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback.

In the winter, I read next to a wood-burning stove. In the summer, we have a place up in Michigan where I like to read in a hammock. It's almost entirely hidden by cedar trees and right up by the water. You can climb in there and see nothing but water and be seen by nobody. It's perfect.

In the winter of 1973, the American POWs held captive in Vietnam were released according to the terms of the Paris Peace Accords.

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.