Quotes About Peace

I resigned from the Marine Corps and flying in 1974, even though I loved them both. I quit because I no longer wanted to fight for peace. Instead, I believe we can build a more sustainable peace by working for prosperity.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.

Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.

When I'm not working, I like to do things alone, just to take a breath.

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

When I was actively working, I had more than my share of limelight. But over the last many years I have been leading a quiet life and I've learnt to value my privacy.

We want to live, love and build a just and peaceful society. We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors day in and day out to create this peaceful society.

I just focus on working hard and play with serenity.

Working hard on peace process is a very good thing for yourself, for your region, for your country.

Our common membership of the E.U. provided an important external context to the Irish and U.K. governments working together for peace. It should not be discounted lightly.

Part of the story of 'Ghosts of Ascalon' is how they got to that tentative truce where you can find humans and charr working together.

My workout is my meditation.

A good workout makes me feel relaxed.

If you have removed those people and situations that make your life more drama-like, then you're definitely a success. After all, who doesn't enjoy a quieter home and workplace?

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.

War never accomplishes anything. It's never going to look good in the history books. People are never going to look back and think, 'He started a lot of wars; what a great leader he was!' That's not the way it works. God knows how many more of these things we're going to need before it starts to sink in.

If each of us works toward making a sincere effort when we wake up each morning with a renewed commitment and dedication to embracing nonviolence as a lifestyle, this world will become a better place, bringing us ever closer to the Beloved Community of which my father so often spoke.

I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.