Peace is more than the absence of war. It is a state of mind. It is a way of life. We are not at peace if we carry warlike thoughts in our minds. We will not have peace if we promote our selfishness.
Peace is a state of calm arising from a heart of compassion.
Peace grows in our hearts and grows through our deeds. We promote peace by living in loving kindness. We endanger peace when we embrace the separation of us and them. When we give up strong desires for things, we are closer to peace. When we give up insisting that others be or think like us, when we give up our desire for revenge, when we release our attachment to the correctness of our particular point of view, we make space in our hearts for peace.