Quotes About Peace

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. —Colossians 3:15

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. —James 3:17

So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up. —Romans 14:19

Don't sin by letting anger control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry. —Ephesians 4:26

Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love. —2 John 1:3

God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. —Matthew 5:9

Sometimes we just need to cry out, "God, I want to hold you!" and let His love comfort us. — Jan Christiansen —

But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them sing joyful praises forever. Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy. —Psalm 5:11

An ancient sage once said, "A soft answer turns away anger.

Then she dropped like a stone and was asleep when her head hit the ground, sound asleep, gone. Brian smiled and squatted by the fire and studied the dog sleeping.

There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. You do not change appearance, though you smile more frequently. Your forehead is serene; your eyes are quiet.

the physical world is the only salvation from a mind constantly churning away at itself. At

the physical world is the only salvation from a mind constantly churning away at itself.

I can recover my calm by living the metaphors of the ocean.

In my Paris apartment, when a neighbor drives nails into the wall at an undue hour, I naturalize the noise by imagining that I am in my house in Dijon, where I have a garden. And finding everything I hear quite natural, I say to myself: That's my woodpecker at work in the acacia tree. This is my method for obtaining calm when things disturb me.

Arbre toujours au milieu De tout ce qui l'entoure Arbre qui savoure La voute des cieux (Tree always in the center Of all that surrounds it Tree feasting upon Heaven's great dome)

Quand la cloche des fleurs résonne au sommet des ombelles, toute la terre se tait, tout le ciel parle.

An author really ought to have nothing but flowers in the room where he works.

Se presionó el corazón con ambas manos para acallarlo. Pero el corazón no es el hocico de un perro e incluso cuando se sujeta con las dos manos el hocico de un perro -que ladra insoportablemente-, siempre se le oye gruñir.

Un silencio espantoso sucede a todos los ruidos.

Most humans subscribe to the policy of 'an eye for an eye, a life for a life'. Many of your religions are famous for this formula, which is well known throughout the UNIVERSE for its stupidity. Your christ and your buddah had a different vision, but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the christians and buddhists.

History was by definition one long chaotic, violent mess sometimes interrupted by magnificent eras of peace that remind everybody life occasionally wasn't awful.

I may have seemed like things quieted down a bit once we all figured out how to farm, because farming begets society and society develops laws, and laws enforce peace in the interest of the greater good. But society is just another kind of tribe and it eventually bumps into a larger one, and there's more violence, only then it's called war.

Realizing that one does not have to worry about what will happen, that the future is in God's hands, is liberating.