Peace Quotes

Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end.

Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Arcana Coelestia" #8455

Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones.

I Ching

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Abraham Lincoln

Working in the garden... gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.

Ruth Stout

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Woodrow Wilson, Speech to Congress, Apr. 2, 1917

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Proverbs 1728 Bible