Peace Quotes
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.Joseph Conrad
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.Seneca
And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.Bible
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.Robert J. Sawyer, "Calculating God", 2000
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy.Saint Francis of Assisi
We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death.Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of New York. 22 September, 1940
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.Martin Luthe
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.Dwight D. Eisenhowe
The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.Lester Bowles Pearson
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.John Andrew Holmes
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.C. S. Lewis
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.Baruch Spinoza
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce The cuckoo clock.Orson Welles
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.Dwight D Eisenhowe
Let tears flow of their own accord their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.Seneca
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.Johann von Goethe
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.Victor Hugo
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace where there is hatred, let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light and where there is sadness, joy.Unknown
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.Calvin Coolidge
The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.Ronald Reagan
Rest in peace. The mistake shall not be repeated.Cenotaph in Hiroshima
Has not peace honours and glories of her own unattended by the dangers of war?Hermocrates of Syracuse
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.The Talmud
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.Orson Welles
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.Andr Gide
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.James Allen
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.George Orwell, (attributed)
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.Bible, Isaiah 32: 17
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.Albert Einstein
If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world.Chinese Prove
There is no way to peace peace is the way.A. J. Muste
