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

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

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

Alice Walke

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or 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

Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all the argument of the earth, And I know that the hand of God is the promise of my own, And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own, And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers, And that a kelson of the creation is love.

Walt Whitman

For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004

Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defence of peace must be constructed.

Unknown, UNESCO Constitution

Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.

Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov, 1897

Under peaceful conditions the militant man attacks himself.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Johann von Goethe

But all who humble themselves before the Lord shall be given every blessing and shall have wonderful peace.

Psalm 3711 TLB Bible

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Bible, Jesus in Matthew 5: 9

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.

Jawaharlal Nehru

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

William Shakespeare

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

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.

David Borenstein

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - - Avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

Francesco Petrarch

Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004

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

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

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

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

Clint Eastwood, Movie: "A Fistful of Dollars, " 1964

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Buddha

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Ronald Reagan

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Albert Schweitze

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)

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

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

Peace visits not the guilty mind.

Juvenal

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; Where there is sadness, joy.

Saint Francis of Assisi, "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.

Albert Einstein

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

John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962

If the Prince of Peace should come to earth, one of the first things he would do would be to put psychiatrists in their place.

Aldous Huxley

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

Joseph Roux

This is the true nature of home - - It is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from injury, but from all terror, doubt and division.

John Ruskin