Peace Quotes

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.

Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change the form in which we live.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'

People always make war when they say they love peace.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.

On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

True humility is contentment.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

Peace begins with a smile.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

We will not have peace by afterthought.

We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

A quiet mind cureth all.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

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

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don't want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.