Peace Quotes

For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.
Larry Eisenberg
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces.
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
U thant - wars begin in the minds of man, and in those...
Juvenal - one path alone leads to a life of peace: the path...
Europe is spreading its wings. In freedom. In prosperity. And in peace. It is a truly proud moment for the European Union. It is a triumph for liberty and democracy. To our new members I say: ? Warmly welcome to our family?. Our new Europe is born.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, (Prime Minister of Denmark) Family photo after the European Council meeting in Copenhagen, 13 December 20
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)
For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
William Blake
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
And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Bible
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things Knows not the livid loneliness of fear.
Amelia Earhart
What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.
Napoleon Bonaparte, 1802
In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Words were never invented to fully explain the peaceful aura that surrounds us when we are in communion with minds of the same thoughts.
Eddie Myers
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - Peace is the measure.
George Melton
In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war, we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.
Lyndon B. Johnson
To be at peace with ourselves we need to know ourselves.
Caitlin Matthews
John f. kennedy, in a speech at the white house, 1962 - those who make peaceful revolution impossible...
We will not have peace by afterthought.
Norman Cousins
Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned - And if your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.
Erykah Badu, A line from the song "On & On".
Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Dwight D Eisenhowe
Let tears flow of their own accord their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Seneca
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Henry Mille
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
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
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
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
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
Deep experience is never peaceful.
Henry James
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
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.
Thomas Jefferson
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
Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.
Catherine de Hueck Doherty, O Magazine, October 2002
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
James Allen
It is essential to know that to be a happy person, a happy family, a happy society, it is very crucial to have a good heart, that is very crucial. World peach must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just the absence of violence but the manifestation of human compassion.
Dalai Lama, (in exile) Associated Press, 5/14/01
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
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
On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that all their efforts shall not have been in vain.
Dwight D. Eisenhowe