Quotes About Peace

Tom adjusted his sword and checked his knives and his pistol. If there had been anyone to see his face, they would have seen a man at peace with himself and the world. And if they were wise they would know that such a man was the most dangerous of all opponent - one who fights to preserve love rather than perpetuate hate.

How can you forgive if you can't remember to forget?

I'm finding I don't have to fill things up," said Alice, immediately to my left. "You can have empty space around you. You can have free time. I'm finding that the less I do, the better I like it.

Like his fellow inmates, Churchill was driven by an "earnest desire to do something, however small, for the British cause," with one important difference: "Of course, I am a man of peace. I do not fight. But swords are not the only weapons in the world. Something may be done with a pen.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

Weapons win wars, but it takes ideas to win the peace.

Too often in the history of religion, people have killed in the name of the God of life, waged war in the name of the God of peace, hated in the name of the God of love and practised cruelty in the name of the God of compassion. When this happens, God speaks, sometimes in a still, small voice almost inaudible beneath the clamour of those claiming to speak on his behalf. What he says at such times is: Not in My Name.

God hates hatred between people, and Scripture reckons it as equal to idolatry, forbidden sex, and bloodshed combined.

Rashi notes that the mourning for Aaron was more widespread than for Moses (of Aaron it says, "The entire house of Israel grieved" [Num. 20:29]; in the case of Moses the word "entire" is missing [Deut. 34:8]). The reason is that Aaron was a man of peace; Moses was a man of truth. We love peace, but truth is sometimes hard to bear. People of truth have enemies as well as friends.

When religion turns men into murderers, God weeps.

Peace comes when we see our reflection in the face of God and let go of the desire to be someone else.

the simplest definition of the Abrahamic faith. It is not our task to conquer or convert the world or enforce uniformity of belief. It is our task to be a blessing to the world. The use of religion for political ends is not righteousness but idolatry.

It was one of those moments when a great Don't Care wave hits you, and you float off on it, head back, looking at the sky.

God rest her soul and may she never walk at night

Peace and quiet. That's one thing to be said for deserts. They give you a chance to get away from the everyday pressures of life. And when those everyday pressures consist of seven furious djinn and one apperplectic master magician, a few hindered thousand square miles of sand, rock, wind, and desolation is exactly what you need.

It was one of those moments when a great Don't Care wave hits you, and you float off on it, head back, looking at the sky.

I hate nobody: I am in charity with all the world.

I won't quarrel with my bread and butter.

And someday soon, I'll rest in peace. But till that day does come, I'll rest in pieces.

And I just want to tell you, at some point it doesn't matter who was right and who wrong. At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without even knowing it.

The flower is not evil because it blooms where it does. It simply exists. As do the fish in this pool, and the bird on the cliff, and you, and I.

But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream

Really, dear," Brian's mother reassured him, as they lined up for tickets. "It's about war.

People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.