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Peace is not the absence of war but the absence of fear.
— Ursula Franklin
It finally was entirely silent and I inhaled and breathed its magical peace...
— Oksana Rus
He longed for cleanliness and tidiness: it was hard to find peace in the middle of disorder.
— Robin Hobb, City of Dragons
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe God isn't trying to save you? Maybe, he is trying to remove all that hurt and anger inside of you so you can save everyone in this situation? Maybe, today you could be that peaceful warrior. Maybe, for once in your life you could not react, but respond. God is waiting for you to be his hero and heal people. When will you love, not hate? When will you show the best part of who you are? You have the power to be someone great. You can show kindness, compassion, mercy and love if you want to. You have been running your entire life thinking peace is found in what you hurt or cut away from your life. Have you ever considered peace is found in what you love, restore, bring kindness to and forgive? Maybe, today is your day to be someone different--someone the world can say was different because they cared about everyone's feelings.
— Shannon L. Alder
Whenever possible, choose peace.
— Donna Goddard
I shall write peace upon your wings,and you shall fly around the worldso that children will no longer haveto die this way.
— Teshima Yusuke 手島悠介
most Americans think of Rosa Parks as a demur, pleasant-enough seamstress who backed into history by being too tired to get out of her seat on a bus one day, in reality she had been trained in nonviolence spirit and tactics at a famous institution, Highlander Folk School. It seems to be a difficult concept for most of us that peace is a skill that can be learned. We know war can be learned, but we seem to think that one becomes a peacemaker by a mere change of heart. (23)
— Mahatma Gandhi
Praise worthy is peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Technology is a means, not an end, no matter how brilliant it appears. How we use digital technology, exploit it and benefit from it depends on old-fashioned political concepts of how we treat each other: how we approach class, race, gender and war and peace. Nothing has changed in that regard. At present, we are ruled by an extreme version of capitalism called 'neoliberalism'. Technology in the service of any extremism has a catastrophic history.
— JohnPilger
When you love yourself, then you are at peace. Wants or needs cannot destroy it
— Debasish Mridha
Music with all its subtlety has immense power to unite people, spread love and bring peace in the world!
— Sanchita Pandey
In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.
— Robinson Jeffers, Selected Poems
A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life’s roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway.True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: “This is not just.” It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of Latin America and say: “This is not just.” The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of people normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Peace is not the absence of war—peace is the absence of fear.
— Ursula Franklin
Learn to bring peace into life to still the chaos. Accentuate the joy of your heart, experiencing a life of bliss.
— Steven Redhead, Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind
Sometimes we are tested with a great idea or opportunity just to see if we will act upon it, however the timing may not be right. We are being prepared for something else down the road... When we understand that all things happen for our benefit and we trust in the Lord, then we can accept what we have termed as "failures" knowing that in the end it will all work out and we will be happy.
— Lindsey Rietzsch, Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success
Vulnerability is the portal to feeling. Feeling is the portal to strength.
— A.D. Posey
Walk into the unknown with what you know in your heart.
— A.D. Posey
[Hobbits] love peace and quiet and a good tilled earth.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.
— Robin Hobb, The Mad Ship
Find calmness in storms. Find beauty in ugliness. Find peace in the midst of war. Now expand it. Only people with a higher consciousness can do this. It will make the world a better place for mankind.
— Debasish Mridha
The flower doth not worry, and the tree doth not waver.
— A.D. Posey
If it is necessary for us to do anything [in view of peace], direct us and architect.πρὸς τάδ’ ἡμῖν, εἴ τι χρὴ δρᾶν, φράζε κἀρχιτεκτόνει.
— Aristophanes, Peace
Love is the answer.
— A.D. Posey
When we are at peace within our marriage, the effects can be astounding! We will raise happier children, become better employees, and overall find the joy in life.
— Lindsey Rietzsch, How to Date Your Spouse: A Couple's Guide to Falling and Staying in Love
When we are able to offer to the other something of ourselves that can engage, nourish or sustain spirit then we most fully speak. Likewise, the forest is a bit more beautiful. The light finds its way in; reaching out to the ground guiding us to a heavenly place.
— Ishan Khatri
If you want peace, prepare for ideological war with those who want others to prepare for physical war.
— Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
The map to our guidance lies within. Always follow your heart ! When your heart feels at peace, rest assured, you are on the right track.
— Angie karan
I choose to live in peace today. I choose to get lost in my inner beauty today.
— Debasish Mridha
To be in peace, grow calmness and compassion in your heart.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is the inner silence that calms all outer noises.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace always grows in a loving and compassionate mind.
— Debasish Mridha
No matter where you are spread the fragrance of peace like a flower.
— Debasish Mridha
Going to war to establish peace will not bring peace. It will just kill you.
— Debasish Mridha
Today, take a dive in a beautiful, calm, tranquil lake of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
If our purpose of life is live in peace and happiness, then why are we always preparing for war?
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is not only the purpose of life
—  it is also the pathway of life
To have peace in our life we must honour our every MOMENT. Imagine living a full, meaningful and joyous life. Imagine miracles happening all around us. Imagine being filled with awe and gratitude each day, and laying down to sleep each night feeling peaceful and relaxed. We can, if we honour the sacred present in us and around us. Thus we make our lives collectively precious. Every moment is sacred! Being mindful of the sacredness of time encourages us and nurtures our awareness. By honouring every moment, even the “meaningless” ones, we make them sacred
— Angie karan
Peace begins with a kind gesture and Namaste.
— Debasish Mridha
No one can steal my peace of mind without my consent.
— Debasish Mridha
You find peace by becoming a source of peace for others.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace in my mind,Peace in my heart,Peace in my dreams And peace in my thoughts.
— Debasish Mridha
To live a life in perfect harmony, create true peace in your heart.
— Debasish Mridha
Free your mind completely to find true peace in this world.
— Debasish Mridha
To win peace, fight with love not with violence.
— Debasish Mridha
Happiness can only bloom in the garden of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Inner calmness and peace is more important that outer joy.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is a road to happiness and the future.War is a road to destruction and death.
— Debasish Mridha
Hope for peace!Dream for peace!Act for peace!Live in peace!Life is for peace!
— Debasish Mridha
To find peace, live in the moment with joy.
— Debasish Mridha
Love, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness are the secrets of all peace and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
Think about peace
—  act with love.
If everyone, every morning, thought about peace just for a few minutes instead of thinking about what to eat for breakfast we would have peace in the world.
— Debasish Mridha
If you are not able to find peace within yourself, no one will be able to bring you peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Create your inner peace to enjoy the endless beauties of life.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is an eternal journey we begin in the mind by changing our thoughts so that we can fill the world with love and kindness.
— Debasish Mridha
Some seek and find peace in life
—  some have to wait for peace in the afterlife.
If you want peace, fill your mind with peaceful thoughts.
— Debasish Mridha
Let peace bloom in your heart like a fresh flower.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos.
— Debasish Mridha
Love is my religion, kindness is my prayer, forgiveness is my temple, and peace is my abode.
— Debasish Mridha
Today I have nothing to do except sing the songs of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
To live in peace, love peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace begins with a touch of unconditional love.
— Debasish Mridha
The war for peace can destroy the whole world.
— Debasish Mridha
Be an ocean of peace
—  let everyone swim in it with joy.
Forgiveness is the most compassionate way toward the peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace lets us to be more pleasant.
— Debasish Mridha
To touch everyone’s heart, let us all sing a song of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Do not allow outer chaos disturb your inner tranquility, serenity, and peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Fall in love with peace to enjoy the journey we call life.
— Debasish Mridha
Be a problem solver
—  be a peace builder.
When every heart is filled with peace and every mind is searching for peace, how can there be war?
— Debasish Mridha
Let us all love each other. Every morning, let us sing a song of peace together.
— Debasish Mridha
Why have we built warships to bring home peace?
— Debasish Mridha
Find truth inside you to find peace in the world.
— Debasish Mridha
Create the kind of peace in your mind that you want to see in the world.
— Debasish Mridha
When your mind is overflowing with peace, you will find peace all around you.
— Debasish Mridha
Think about peace, dream about peace, and take action to make the world peaceful.
— Debasish Mridha
We will not be able to find peace if our minds are burning with the fires of resentment. Let us forgive and forget to create peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace begins in the mind with a simple thought of love and kindness for all.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is always pleasant, always kind.
— Debasish Mridha
With love and kindness, grow peace in your mind and then spread it with joy.
— Debasish Mridha
Be a vessel of forgiveness and kindness in order to be a fountain of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is not only the goal, it is the game itself.
— Debasish Mridha
Be a fountain of peace to find peace everywhere.
— Debasish Mridha
No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.
— Criss Jami, Healology
It's good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren't actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Be as fierce as a lion. Let the world hear you roar.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Use your senses to SEE yourself for who you truly are. SMELL the flowers and become one with nature. TASTE the goodness of God. HEAR the truth. TOUCH the hearts of others with kindness and honest deeds.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
The choices you make in life creates your destiny.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Let us be kind and compassionate to all beings. Everyone wants to enjoy their lives, everyone has sufferings, and everyone wants peace and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
Believe God for something today. Prayer is the key to connecting with God and allowing Him to speak to your spirit. Open your heart and free your mind.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Only a coward carries a gun, a brave person never needs a gun.
— M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
We create a better world with beautiful deeds.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Perhaps above everything compassion is the most important thing to embrace and emanate in life. It will enhance your life - and it's the one thing that will elevate and heal mankind
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Many are concerned with going to heaven or hell, But fail to realize that you can be living in heaven or hell right here on Earth.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
There is nothing dishonorable about abandoning pain. Sometimes peace is most quickly found when a man simply stops avoiding it.
— Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand
Peace begins with a greeting of Namaste.
— Debasish Mridha
Her short blond hair shifted in the wind, and she appeared the very definition of peace and comfort. Like she belonged in the world that had existed before everything was scorched.
— James Dashner, The Kill Order
A roof of harmony can only be built on top of pillars of tolerance.
— Shilpa Menon
Don't let your ego put you in a compromising situation. Don't allow your pride to keep you from seeking the help you need. And don't give in to your fears. Stay focused.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Peaceful society, peaceful world.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Real peace goes beyond explanation.
— Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live
Explore your own peace.
— A.D. Posey
Happiness is not giddiness or some overly inflated sense of being.
— Asa Don Brown, Waiting to Live
The world doesn’t give peace, for it doesn’t have any peace to give. It fights for peace, it negotiates for peace, it maneuvers for peace, but there is no ultimate peace in the world. But Jesus gives peace to those who put their trust in Him.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Water doesn't know where it's going to flow, it just flows.
— Bert McCoy
To see the positive or not to see the positive, this is the question.
— Bert McCoy
With a few exceptions, the media have phrased the past five months as a contest of wills between Bush and Saddam Hussein, not as a moment of deragement between two armed madmen willing to order their young to slaughter each other. Analysis -endless analysis- has been offered about the two men's tactics, as if they were coaches preparing for the Super Bowl.
— Colman McCarthy, All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence
Bush spoke of another principle, that a just war must "support a just cause." In the Persian Gulf, he said, "our cause could not be more noble." What nation has ever said its war was not noble?
— Colman McCarthy
To be the body-mind or not to be the body-mind, this is the question.
— Bert McCoy
Where there is no peace
—  there is not the slightest religion there.
Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Peace—[the ability] to sleep in the storm!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Most people yearn for one thing more than anything else: inner peace. Without it they have no lasting happiness or security.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I know where I’ve come from. I know why I’m here. I know where I’m going—and I have peace in my heart. His peace floods my heart and overwhelms my soul!
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Take a deep breath. Inhale peace. Exhale happiness.
— A.D. Posey
In love there is truth, and in truth there is peace.
— A.D. Posey
Find peace in knowing.
— A.D. Posey
When can one attain samadhi (eternal blissful continuous peace)? It comes when one lets go of the things that he loves the most.
— Dada Bhagwan
Flacks for both war-obsessed governments immediately blamed the other side for the deaths of the civilians.
— Colman McCarthy
The promoters of change offer a grand vision of world unity. While the globalists and international affairs specialists continue their chant for “peace, peace,” we are reminded that the Bible says that there can be no lasting peace until Christ returns. So the world remains restless and uncertain.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Your future does not hinge on the world situation, however grim it might become. It depends on what happened 2,000 years ago at the cross and your acceptance or rejection of the Prince of Peace.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
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.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
You don't have to live in anyone's shadow. Allow your unique characteristics to shine forth and Illuminate your way.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
Just because you stumbled a few times in the past doesn't mean you won't overcome. Realize that adversity and challenges arise, but you are made stronger. Embrace the day. Seize the moment. Your time is now.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
We always desire peace yet we prepare to go to war.
— Debasish Mridha
To attract all the beauty of life, spread the fragrance of happiness like a dancing flower of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace, a commodity purchased with friendship and safety and anything comfortable and all things familiar; peace that was a pleasant melody playing through the moments of their day; a chord striking only the notes of security and agreement and understanding and order.
— Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster
Start a rumor aboutpeace taking over,love being the new black,and compassion going viral.
— Khang Kijarro Nguyen
I had never felt great about my modelling career anyway. All of it was so fake, so make-believe. But look at the people here. How warm they are. How genuine. I have never had any of this before. I feel wealthier than when I was making all that money modelling in Mumbai, You are right about your observation. This life does give me my peace.
— Preeti Shenoy, It Happens for a Reason
Sometimes you just have to take the pie in the face.
— Bert McCoy
If peace is what every government says it seeks, and peace is the yearning of every heart, why aren't we studying it and teaching it in schools?
— Colman McCarthy, All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence
No man can demonstrate peace and cling to unhappiness.
— Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind
If the United Nations could bring lasting peace, man could say to God, “We do not need You anymore. We have brought peace on earth and have organized humanity in righteousness.” All of these schemes are patchwork remedies that a sick and dying world must use while waiting for the Great Physician.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Only Christ can meet the deepest needs of our world and our hearts. Christ alone can bring lasting peace—peace with God, peace among men and nations, and peace within our hearts. He transcends the political and social boundaries of our world.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
I call upon the leaders of all nations to work for peace, even when the risks seem high. I call upon Christians to pray and work for peace in whatever constructive ways are open to them. I do not believe this is only a political issue; it is a moral one as well.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Peace conferences are held almost daily by governments, civic organizations, and churches. But the Scripture teaches that peace and safety will not come in any lasting way until the Prince of Peace, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, comes and rules and reigns in our world.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
For the Christian, peace is not simply the absence of conflict, or any other artificial state the world has to offer. Rather it is the deep, abiding peace only Jesus Christ brings to the heart.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
There is going on in the world today a quiet, bloodless revolution. It has no fanfare, no newspaper coverage, no propaganda; yet it is changing the course of thousands of lives. It is restoring purpose and meaning to life as men of all races and nationalities are finding peace with God.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
When everyone does what is right in his own eyes, there is no possibility of order and peace.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Peace with God and the peace of God in a man’s heart and the joy of fellowship with Christ have in themselves a beneficial effect upon the body and mind and will lead to the development and preservation of physical and mental power.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
The world thinks peace would come if everyone made a lot of money, but people haven’t found peace in possessions. They have thought the world would have peace if all arms were destroyed. Yet Cain killed Abel without a handgun. It is man’s heart that is the problem.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Jesus didn’t leave a material inheritance to His disciples. All He had when He died was a robe. But Jesus willed His followers something more valuable than gold. He willed us His peace. He said: “My peace I give to you
—  not as the world gives” [John 14:27 KJV].
The war that exists between you and God can be over quickly, and the peace treaty is signed in the blood of [God’s] Son Jesus Christ.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
Peacemaking is a noble vocation . . . To be a peacemaker, you must know the Peace-Giver.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
We’re not going to have peace—permanent peace—until the Prince of Peace comes. And He is coming.
— Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
If you keep wandering in the dark streets, may be it is because you find peace in the darkness rather than in the light!
— Mehmet Murat ildan
If you want to know what God thinks about any situation in the world, think like a parent.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Culloden, Scotland, April 1746All around was the awful sound of moaning. It was not just mournful, but the sound of immense suffering, the cries of dying men. The battle had waged on, and the day was far spent. In dirt and blood, the soldiers waded on. Horizontal rain, snow, and wind made the normal battle conditions much worse.Near the edge of the field I stood holding a gun, pointing it at the lad who had once been my best friend. He was dressed in the red coat of a government soldier; I was not.
— David  Holdsworth, Angelos
May every soul find the privilege of repentance and grace of forgiveness.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The war has ended with every one owing every one else immense sums of money. Germany owes a large sum to the Allies, the Allies owe a large sum to Great Britain, and Great Britain owes a large sum to the United States. The holders of war loan in every country are owed a large sum by the States, and the States in its turn is owed a large sum by these and other taxpayers. The whole position is in the highest degree artificial, misleading, and vexatious. We shall never be able to move again, unless we can free our limbs from these paper shackles.
— John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Let us bring peace to the world by dreaming of peace.
— Debasish Mridha
We have no peace because we have forgotten that we all came from the same mother. We are brothers and sisters.
— Debasish Mridha
Spread peace and love. Be the bearer of the light of love.
— Debasish Mridha
Be the light of peace to drive away the darkness of hatred.
— Debasish Mridha
A federation of all humanity, together with a sufficient measure of social justice, to ensure health, education, and a rough equality of opportunity to most of the children born into the world, would mean such a release and increase of human energy as to open a new phase in human history.
— H.G. Wells
Create peace in your heart before you can express it in words.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace begins with a thought of love.
— Debasish Mridha
Love and let flowers of peace bloom.
— Debasish Mridha
One day we will all have to leave this beautiful world, and we want to leave with peace towards eternal peace. We also want our future generations to live with joy and peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Let us walk with the light of love on the path toward peace.
— Debasish Mridha
To understand the language of love and peace, listen to the silence.
— Debasish Mridha
There is nothing you lack and all you will find
—  we are one at the heart - just divided by mind. Don't let life pass you by.
They meet, as we shall meet tomorrow, to murder one another; they kill and maim tens of thousands, and then have thanksgiving services for having killed so many people (they even exaggerate the number), and they announce a victory, supposing that the more people they have killed the greater their achievement. How does God above look at them and hear them?" exclaimed Prince Andrew in a shrill, piercing voice. "Ah, my friend, it has of late become hard for me to live. I see that I have begun to understand too much. And it doesn't do for man to taste of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.... Ah, well, it's not for long!" he added.
— Leo Tolstoy
May you find the path of peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Our attitude to these criticisms must be determined by our whole moral and emotional reaction to the future of international relations and the Peace of the World.
— John Maynard Keynes
Peace begins with feelings of love.
— Debasish Mridha
A sausage is an image of rest, peace and tranquility in stark contrast to the destruction and chaos of everyday life.
— Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction
If you are for gun control, then you are not against guns, because the guns will be needed to disarm people. So it’s not that you are anti-gun. You’ll need the police’s guns to take away other people’s guns. So you’re very pro-gun; you just believe that only the Government (which is, of course, so reliable, honest, moral and virtuous…) should be allowed to have guns. There is no such thing as gun control. There is only centralizing gun ownership in the hands of a small political elite and their minions.﻿
— Stefan Molyneux
Stop seeking attention from people who don't give you the time of day. Value your time, comfort your spirit, have peace of mind. There are people who love you and care about you.Give your smiles to them.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Release The Ink
Create new avenues in your life by removing toxic people who defeat your purpose.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Release The Ink
The children of the 1960's that you call the 'Manson Family' wanted to stop a war and turn the government and world to peace. They gave their lives when they took lives and they knew it.
— Charles Manson
Cell phones are certainly not necessary, and "but I'm from the digital age, this is what everyone in my generation is doing!" isn't a very good excuse for being hooked on a glowing screen 24/7. In the 1960's every teen of the times was tripping on acid and running off to find themselves in communes and love buses. It was a fad, there was no excuse for it and it passed, just like I think that this generation's "cell phones are necessary for socialization" fad will eventually pass. What will it bring afterwards? I don't even want to know, but I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that it isn't anything else digital.
— Rebecca McNutt
Love and let flowers of peace bloom in your heart.
— Debasish Mridha
On this roadwhere nobody else travelsautumn nightfall.
— Bashō Matsuo
One day blacks and whites will come together like the keys of a piano, and be as beautiful as the it makes
— O. S. Hickman
Dreams are what life is made of and although most things are improbable, nothing is impossible. Be the dreamer of the impossible and you can see probability.
— Peace Gypsy, Souls Deep : From a Professional Dreamer
As the tension between the Protestants and the Church of Rome intensified, so did the desire for a third way among dissenting groups. Soon a new group emerged, though in some senses it was also an old group—one that felt it could trace its origins all the way back to the New Testament. Known collectively as the Radical Reformation, these persecuted groups often advocated a nonviolent ethic, the separation of church and state, and a desire for both personal and corporate holiness. The ideas of these radicals spread through Europe, and over the years the Amish, Mennonites and Anabaptists, and to a lesser degree the Covenanters and Quakers, emerged or were influenced by this movement.
— David  Holdsworth, Angelos
Poetry keeps my heart neat, even when incomplete, I find peace.
— Delano Johnson, Rare Images of Love
If life is a song, you must be the superb lyrics to a sweet melody.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Release The Ink
The world we have created, has problems, that can not be resolved by rich getting richer but by sharing we can over come the problems" Dr. Ron Harris - 2008
— Dr. Ron Harris
If life is a joyful serious journey, then peace should be the train and happiness should be the destination.
— Debasish Mridha
If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.
— Nelson Mandela
The pathway to enlightenment, transformation and liberation is the heart not the mind.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
As a flower expresses thanks with her beauty and fragrance for her magnificent life, let us express our gratitude to every friend with our service and love and to the Earth for her hospitality and care. Let us be thankful and let us express the deepest gratitude for our magnificent life. No matter where you are, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving filled with profound joy and endless peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Let us be kind. Let us love to live in harmony, peace, and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
Love, compassion, and patience bring peace.
— Debasish Mridha
Guy of Gisborne: “I understand the king is winning, thanks be to God.” Robin Hood: “He’s killing more people.”Gisborne: “Is that not winning?”Robin: “Show me an argument ever settled with bloodshed, and then I’ll call it winning.
— BBC Robin Hood
Have peace in your heart to find peace in the outer world.
— Debasish Mridha
A peaceful mind is the source of all joy and all happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with peace.
— Debasish Mridha
To talk about peace is pleasant and kind. To help others to live in peace is an expression of compassion and love.
— Debasish Mridha
Human beings are born for peace; they like to grow up in peace. They like to raise their children in peace, and they like to say goodbye to this beautiful life in peace. Then why are we always preparing for war?
— Debasish Mridha
Nobody can steal my inner beauty, tranquility, and peace without my consent.
— Debasish Mridha
You cannot live with inner tranquility and peace when you hate others.
— Debasish Mridha
Inner peace comes from knowing the ultimate purpose of your life.
— Debasish Mridha
Peace is an inner perception not an outer condition.
— Debasish Mridha
Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live.
— Criss Jami, Healology
By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling… But a world without feeling is a world without pain.
— Daniel Keyes, The Minds of Billy Milligan
Each day is an opportunity for you to expand your horizon, to achieve your maximum potential. You may have encountered some obstacles along the way, but don't allow those moments to hinder your progress. In life, we all faces challenges that we must overcome. The importance is to learn from those difficulties and become stronger.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny
FLIES IN DISGUISETell me,Have youReally seenFlies in a child's eyesOr heard their hungry criesIn the middleOf the night?Don't lie.You can protest all you wantAbout peaceAnd genocide,But unless you are willingTo take beatings for your fights,Your display of trendy showmanshipSimply ain't right.Go on,Carry your useless signsAbout an issue the worldAlready abhors,But it's TRUEHeartfelt actionsThat will preventSuits andSenatorsFrom creatingAny more wars.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Take some time and figure out what you desire most from life. Wherever your desire is, your heart will be also. Seek the opportunity to become greater than your circumstances. You may not be where you want to be. But if you continue pushing forward and striving at a steady pace, you'll get there. All things take time.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny
THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNERThe man in the cornerIs dying with wordsHe's crying to be heardHis days are markedAnd his only ears are birdsHe knows the secret to peaceAnd his experience bleeds and hurtsSomebody stop and listenBefore he departs the earth!Somebody write his thoughtsBefore he hits the turf!His eyes are closing their shuttersAnd he just dropped hisBeads and stick.His breath is leaving us.Please!Somebody hear him out quick!A little girl rushes to him andPicks up his cane of wood.The old man then turns to herAnd faintly whispers,"The key to peace isTo always stay fairAnd be good.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
You ought to pause and enjoy the peace in the moment.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
I have realized that we all have plague, and I have lost my peace. And today I am still trying to find it; still trying to understand all those others and not to be the enemy of anyone. I only know that one must do what one can to cease being plague-stricken, and that's the only way in which we can hope for some peace or, failing that, a decent death. This, and only this, can bring relief to men and, if not save them, at least do them the least harm possible and even, sometimes, a little good.
— Albert Camus, The Plague
Be kind. Be compassionate. Be love. Be original. Be authentic. Be peace. Be yourself. BE.
— Karen A. Baquiran
Just a little piece of peace can cultivate the land of Palestine, but inhuman human won't let it do that....
— Munia Khan
Where's the everlasting peace? Is there even such a thing? Or do we war like alien races war, eternally, against ourselves?
— Hugh Howey, Beacon 23
Jesus Christ lives in all people. We are citizens of one world.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.
— Carol Cassella, Oxygen
My goal here is to explore the realities and complexities of the life of men. I don't want to act like the woman putting the man down, and I don't want to be the whining man crying, 'I need help. What are you going to do for me? The genders should be asking, 'What are we, men and women, going to do about it?' Let's first recognize the situations; then form plans for what can and should be.
— Jeffrey Rabuffo, M.D., F.A.C.S.
The break of a family is a break of society.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The break of a family is the break of society.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
The bond of love
—  the bond of peace.
The bond of love and the bond of peace keep us together in harmony.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Forgive and be compassionate with another in love, in peace and in faith.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
We are united by the bond of love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
It's not a matter of whether you want happiness. We all need peace, love, and happiness. But, if you fail to nurture your spirit, by absorbing all things good and giving attention to the matters of your heart, it will be hard to obtain. It must radiate from inside of you. Then, flow outwardly penetrating everyone around you.
— Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Sweet Destiny
The bond of love, we unite the world.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Why can’t we all live together in love and in peace?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Somethings worth having defy logic. They come with obstacles, challenges, battles and long periods of wandering in the dark. Your path won't make sense to your family or friends. People will weigh in with their life rules and fears, but in the end it is your life. That pull you feel is real and often your intuition. It nags at you everyday. Follow it for as far as it takes you because life is too short to dwell on indecision, while you forget to live. Take a chance because if you have a good heart God isn't going to abandon you. He will travel wherever you need to go, in order to find the missing pieces of your soul.
— Shannon L. Alder
Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense.
— Amit Ray, Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life
If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Nonviolence is kindling light of love into the dark places and budding trust from the threshold of hopelessness.
— Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
The objective of nonviolence is to create a beloved world community.
— Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
This love meditation is adapted from the Visuddhimagga by Buddhaghosa, a 5th century C.E. systematization of the Buddha's teaching. We begin by practicing the love meditation on ourselves ("May I"). Until we are able to love and take care of ourselves, we cannot be much help to others. After that, we practice them on others ("May he/she/they") - first on someone we like, then on someone neutral to us, and finally on someone who makes us suffer. May I be peaceful, happy, and light in body and spirit.May I be safe and free from injury.May I be free from anger, afflictions, fear and anxiety.May I learn to look at myself with the eyes of of understanding and love.May I be able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself.May I learn to identify and see the sources of anger, craving, and delusion in myself.May I know how to nourish the seeds of joy in myself every day.May I be able to live fresh, solid, and free.May I be free from attachment and aversion, but not indifferent.Love is not just the intention to love, but the capacity to reduce suffering, and offer peace and happiness. The practice of love increases our forbearance, our capacity to be patient and embrace difficulties and pain. Forbearance does mean that we try to suppress pain.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Nonviolence is a way of life, where the task is to awaken the underlying goodness of every human being.
— Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
Colonialism is the mother of terrorism.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Peace of mind, joy at heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Are you for peace? The great test of your devotion to peace is not how many words you utter on its behalf. It’s not even how you propose to deal with people of other countries, though that certainly tells us something. To fully measure your “peacefulness” requires that we examine how you propose to treat people in your own backyard. Do you demand more of what doesn’t belong to you? Do you endorse the use of force to punish people for victimless “crimes”? Do you support politicians who promise to seize the earnings of others to pay for your bailout, your subsidy, your student loan, your child’s education or whatever pet cause or project you think is more important than what your fellow citizens might personally prefer to spend their own money on? Do you believe theft is OK if it’s for a good cause or endorsed by a majority? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then have the courage to admit that peace is not your priority. How can I trust your foreign policy if your domestic policy requires so much to be done at gunpoint?
— Lawrence  W. Reed
The best part of the gospel is you get to take it with you wherever your heart lands.
— Shannon L. Alder
When you know what you want you will be excited about it and give every ounce of effort to making it come true. No excuse or fear will get in your way because peace is found in focus.
— Shannon L. Alder
Synergy is the only true way to world peace. Any sort of division will cripple the beast of unity.
— Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn't represent peace in your heart.
— Shannon L. Alder
Many CastlesOn My Travels i have been A guest in Many castles Yet the Monument Which i Find Divine Is the oasis Where the heart And the silence Intertwine.”~silent lotus
— silent lotus
We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Christmas is the spirit of love, peace and goodwill to all Humankind.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Art is a positive "FORCE" that bring beings together for the common good. Only the people who had lost a piece of themselves can create the unimaginary.
— Henry Johnson Jr
You’re going to mess up in life. We’re all going to do things and wonder why we did something so stupid. There’s going to be times we say things that leave us feeling regretful. We’re going to feel mad at ourselves and even shameful at our own actions. Never be too proud to say you’re sorry or I love you. These are easy words that strengthen our heart, and give us peace and wisdom.
— Ron Baratono
God’s presence in our lives gives us peace and joy.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
New cells are born everyday and old cells die, but they have neither funerals nor birthdays.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.
— Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Be the radiator of peace. Go to the center of your inner being. Radiate peace in every direction.
— Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion
You will know it is love not when you think about them all the time or want to be with them, but when you worry about them and you want their approval and happiness.
— Shannon L. Alder
If anarchy is chaos, and chaos is war, why wasn't a single war started by anarchists?
— Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski
The past few months have been the most serene of his adult life. The megalopolis in his mind has quieted to a country road. He does his work, he eats his bread, and he sleeps with the knowledge that today hasn't added to the sum of human misery. For now at least it's peace of a kind he hadn't imagined himself worthy of receiving.
— Anthony Marra, The Tsar of Love and Techno
He did not see the huge armies but the world divided into two opposites camps: the right and the wrong, the good and the evil, the aggressor and the defender, the unrighteous and the righteous, the arrogant and the humble. It is not the people who are inclined to fight against each other but the men who lead them. Humanity as a rule wants to relate with each other and wars are an exception to this rule.
— Aporva Kala, Alchemist of the East
If we danced and shared music, we'd be too busy en-joy-in' life to start a war.
— E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
In my dreams, I entered a world where success was based on ethics and proper dealings, not bribes and scams. My vision of sucess including marrying Sophia, having joyful children, unassuming friends, and warmhearted neighbors. I aspired for an environment where I would be valued for my good character, not the strength of my aggression. I wanted to leave West Beirut, the four square miles of a lesser world.
— Sam Wazan, Trapped in Four Square Miles
That's what we're all looking for. A certain peace with the idea of dying. If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying, then we can finally do the really hard thing." Which is? "Make peace with living.
— Mitch Albom from "Tuesdays with Morrie"
Come, Sleep; O Sleep! the certain knot of peace,The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe,The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release,Th' indifferent judge between the high and low;With shield of proof shield me from out the preaseOf those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw.
— Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella
May God deliver humankind from power of darkness into the wonderful light.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.
— Dalai Lama XIV
The season of Christmas brings joy, hope and peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Only love can touch the heart.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of  Wisdom: Great  mind
Stay united in love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
In the moments of adversity, we engaged our minds on beautiful thoughts, our spirit on spirituality and our hands on inspiration writings. What a good trade of pain for peace of mind?
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
There is no mystery. Truth is here - always present. Mystery is in the mind and mind is a myth.
— Rashmit Kalra
You cannot still your mind - it is the nature of mind to keep moving. You can only be the stillness that is beyond the mind and be free from thoughts, yet watch the mind experiencing the true essence of life. Transcending the mind is Sanyasa (detachment or renunciation) and freedom that comes with it is Nirvana (liberation).
— Rashmit Kalra
​The purpose of religion was to help humans lead a peaceful life, not to take away life. God/Allah/Ishvar or Hindu/Muslim/Christian are just words - words created by different human minds. Instead of blindly following the outdated ideologies, use your own mind to realize the truth that you are not just a label. You are a living entity - the very manifestation of the energy you call God. Energy has no form or gender, but different languages have created different images, thus leading to discrimination and conflict to an extent that people can kill on name of religion. If a religion causes one to take innocent life, then we don't need a religion. we just need human beings on earth.
— Rashmit Kalra
This Heart at Peace is My Homeland. (Su Shih)
— Sung Yee Poon, MILLENNIUM CHARM Three Novellas. Conflicts.Dislocation. Loss
The school remained open. I thanked Allah that the Americans operated differently. Had the Lebanese lost 241 men in one day, and had we the power and the reach, we would have American males hung from their testicles and set on fire. The frame of mind that dictates our actions quashes our ability to develop the power and reach exhibited by the Americans, I thought.
— Sam Wazan, Trapped in Four Square Miles
Joy is innermost peace.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!