Peace Quotes
Out of the strain of the Doing, Into the peace of the Done.Julia Louise Woodruff
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.Cicero
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.Dwight D Eisenhowe
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.Desiderius Erasmus
Johnson himself turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of War and Peace and still had a few people left over.Herbert Mitgang
What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802
I dream of wayward gulls and all landless lovers, rare moments of winter sun, peace, privacy, for everyone.William F. Claire
Under peaceful conditions the militant man attacks himself.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
I define joy as a sustained sense of well - Being and internal peace - A connection to what matters.Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine
The deepest American dream is not the hunger for money or fame it is the dream of settling down, in peace and freedom and cooperation, in the promised land.Scott Russell Sanders
If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.George C. Marshall
In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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, "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.Melody Beattie
What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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
Where the soul is full of peace and joy, outward surrounding and circumstances are of comparatively little account.Hannah Whitall Smith
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery Forbid it, Almighty God I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.Patrick Henry
The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.Lester Bowles Pearson
Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.Frank Herbert, Dune
It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita
Please choose the way of peace. ... In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.Mother Teresa, - - Letter to U. S. President George Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, January 1991.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
To be feared is to fear no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.Seneca
Love as Thought is Truth. Love as Action is Right Conduct. Love as Understanding is Peace. Love as Feeling is Non - Violence.Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.Martin Luther King Jr., "Strength to Love".
There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.Elisabeth Kubler - Ross
Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth, And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love.Walt Whitman
There are two ways of resisting war: the legal way and the revolutionary way. The legal way involves the offer of alternatinve service not as a privilege for a few but as a right for all. The revolutionary view involves an uncompromising resistance, with a view to breaking the power of militarism in time of peace or the resources of the state in time of war.Albert Einstein
There never was a good war, or a bad peace.Benjamin Franklin
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day.Unknown
It is within the families themselves where peace can begin.Susan Partnow
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.Buddha
People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.Dwight D Eisenhowe
I took a speed - Reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.Woody Allen
