Quotes About Peace

We can imagine a world at peace, a planet healed, and all sentient beings happy.

El amor es la única realidad absoluta, que nunca cambia y nunca muere. Morar en lo inmutable, mientras todo a nuestro alrededor cambia constantemente, es nuestra clave para alcanzar la paz interior.

Necesitamos esa paz porque el mundo avanza demasiado aprisa y el sistema nerviosos de todos y cada uno se ve afectado simplemente por la velocidad de las cosas. Todos parecemos estar agotados, como si necesitáramos unas nuevas vacaciones para encontrarnos de nuevo con nosotros mismos

No matter what the problem, the solution is love.

We need to recognize that the endless application of brute force will not bring peace to the world, and that only the soul force of justice, meaningful human relationships, forgiveness, and compassion can end the scourge of violence on our streets and throughout the world.

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.

The spirit within leads only to joy, as it inspires me to see the love in everyone and the possibility of miracles that lie inherent in all things. The universe itself is the handwriting of God, as He constantly creates and re-creates the perfection that He is. Within that perfection I have my true being, and within my true being I am happy and at peace.

Love isn't material. It's energy. It's the feeling in a room, a situation, a person...It has nothing to do with the physical world, but it can be expressed nonetheless. We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy.

there will be no peace in the world until there is peace in our hearts

There are certain winter days when bed and bath seem to be the only two tolerable places in the world.

Was it worth while, he thought, to be so wise, if wisdom made one at times so sad? Was it well to sacrifice Faith for Fact, when Faith was so warm and Fact so cold? Was it better to be a dreamer of things possible, or a worker-out of things positive? And how much was positive, after all, and how much possible? He balanced the question lightly with himself. It was like a discord in the music of his mind, and disturbed his peace.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Who said nights were for sleep?

I have decided the two choices open to me are (1) to torment myself or (2) to trust the Lord. There is no earthly solution to the problems that confront me. But I can add to my problems, as I believe I have done, by dwelling on them. So, no more of that.

It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.

It's strange how you never quite get used to the world at night.

You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding.

remembering and forgiving can be contrary things

Dawn and its excesses always reminded me of heaven, a place where I have always known I would not be comfortable.

You must forgive in order to understand.

You never bother me, Glory. It's remarkable how much you don't bother me. Almost unprecedented.

These little towns were once the bold ramparts meant to shelter just such peace.

I don't know why solitude would be a balm for loneliness, but that is how it always was for me in those days

sometimes I'm just up the whole night wishing I weren't. (I do recommend prayer at such times, because often they mean something is in need of resolving.