Quotes About Peace

It was notable because they rarely quarreled anymore. Their marriage had become like the AA prayer: 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.

I have nothing to fear and here my story ends. My troubles are all over, and I am at home.

There is perfect love in Heaven!

The best way to enjoy yourself is to do what is right and hate nobody. The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live; and the earlier you become wise and good, the more of happiness you secure.

a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger."  It isn't only in them you speak to, but in yourself.' 'Very true

O Reader! If there were less of this delicate concealment of facts- this whispering ''Peace, Peace, when there is no peace- there would be less of sin and misery to the young of both sexes who are left to wring their bitter knowledge from experience.

But that word refuge disturbed me.  Had their unkindness then really driven her to seek for peace in solitude? 'Why have they left you alone?' I asked. 'It is I who have left them,' was the smiling rejoinder.  'I was wearied to death with small talk—nothing wears me out like that.  I cannot imagine how they can go on as they do.' I could not help smiling at the serious depth of her wonderment.

a soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.

I am not sure the loneliness of the place was not one of its chief recommendations. I take no pleasure in watching people pass the windows; and I like to be quiet.' 'Oh! as good as to say you wish we would all of us mind our own business, and let you alone.' 'No, I dislike an extensive acquaintance; but if I have a few friends, of course I am glad to see them occasionally. No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

Revenge! No—what good would that do?—it would make him no better, and me no happier.' 'I

I have retired to the library, for I am very unhappy, and I want to be alone.

She was keeping out of the quarrel.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ...

What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction?

Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.

Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill.

when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too will end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again

Go outside, to the country, enjoy the sun and all nature has to offer. Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

We jumped for joy. After the awful events of yesterday, finally something good happens and brings us...hope! Hope for an end to the war, hope for peace.

stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven one evening in order to have a good look at the moon for once by myself.