Peace Quotes
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
Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.John Andrew Holmes
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.Richard M. DeVos
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.Lord William Beveridge
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
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self - Control. Against such things, there is no law.The Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus), The Bible - Galations 5: 22 - 23 NIV
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
For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.The Talmud
We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.William Gladstone
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
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations... is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.Jimmy Carte
Everybody in this life has their challenges and difficulties. That is part of our mortal test.... Peace comes through hope.James E. Faust
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.Malcolm X
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose somber shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible differences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace.Fridjof Nansen
The wise should surrender speech in mind, mind in the knowing self, the knowing self in the Spirit of the universe, and the Spirit of the universe in the Spirit of peace.Maitri Upanishads
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.Buddha
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.C. S. Lewis
The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.Lester Bowles Pearson
Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart.Patanjali
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
If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace.John Russell
We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Anton Chekhov, 1897
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.Alice Walke
I felt that I had done my duty. Nothing drove me now. I had run out of causes and was as close as I might ever be to peace. With all this behind me, I felt that if I had to die now, it was all right. I would not protest quite so loudly as I would have at any other time.Roger Zelazny, The Courts of Chaos
We will not have peace by afterthought.Norman Cousins
Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.Marianne Williamson
It is within the families themselves where peace can begin.Susan Partnow
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
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
There never was a good war, or a bad peace.Benjamin Franklin
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self - Satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.John Wooden
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.Johann von Goethe
The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly.Paul McCartney, The Observer (1987)
We need peacemakers, not peacekeepers.Paul Liu
To insist on strength... is not war - Mongering. It is peace - Mongering.Barry Goldwate
In peace, children inter their parents war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.Herodotus
