Quotes About Peace

From abolitionists, suffragettes, and civil rights activists here in America, to the international effort of the Allied forces during World War II and the team that rescued the boys in Thailand, the world has seen what happens when collective efforts dedicated to justice, peace, democracy, and love overcome forces that mitigate against them. History has shown what fear can do, but it has also shown us what love can do.

That morning David realized that grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when every time you can Mr Lichtenstein. Apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change.

You can't be a light of the world and a nervous wreck at the same time.

Cuando las cosas del mundo nos preocupan, lo que tenemos que hacer no es unirnos al caos sino adentrarnos en la paz interior.

Herein lies the peace of God.

What that means is this: Love is real. It's an eternal creation and nothing can destroy it. Anything that isn't love is an illusion. Remember this, and you'll be at peace.

I free the universe from my efforts to control it.

Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.

The world softens when we soften

Some men know how to love a woman, and some men don't. Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace.

We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining, and intimacy.

America will not move forward into a new era of greatness unless we atone for the militaristic madness that has gripped our country in the years since World War II. We fought that war because we needed to.

The holiness of the present delivers me from the pain of yesterday.

May my mind not wander into dark terrain today, but may I remain within the field of light. May I not be tempted to attack my brother, or attack myself. May I cleave instead to love.

Instead of, "Dear God, please let us fall in love, or please give me this job," we say, "Dear God, my desire, my priority is inner peace. I want the experience of love. I don't know what would bring that to me. I leave the results of this situation in your hands. I trust your will. May your will be done. Amen.

Freud definió la neurosis como el hecho de alejarse del Yo, y eso es. El verdadero Yo es el amor dentro de nosotros. Es el «hijo de Dios». El yo temeroso es un impostor. La vuelta al amor es el gran drama cósmico, el viaje personal desde lo ilusorio hasta el Yo, del dolor a la paz interior.

Today I align myself with the will of a loving universe.

Pedir perdón y perdonar. Poner esa situación en las manos de Dios y saber que Él está ahí.

Debo haber decidido equivocadamente porque no estoy en paz. Yo mismo tomé esa decisión, por lo tanto, puedo tomar otra. Quiero tomar otra decisión porque deseo estar en paz. No me siento culpable porque el Espíritu Santo, si se lo permito, desvanecerá todas las consecuencias de mi decisión equivocada. Elijo permitírselo, al dejar que Él decida en favor de Dios por mí.»

long as I chose to see her that way, as long as I was not willing to give up my focus on her errors, I could not be at peace because I was not sharing God's perception.

Forgiveness sets me free of pain.

To the extent that I withdraw my attachment to what you did, I will no longer be affected by what you did. I have decided to put my faith elsewhere. That is the miracle of forgiveness.

nunca muere. Morar en lo inmutable, mientras todo a nuestro alrededor cambia constantemente, es nuestra clave para alcanzar la paz interior.

Only Love can bring us Peace. And the experience of Love is a Choice we make.