Peace Quotes
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.
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.Amelia Earhart, Courage, 1927
For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.Bible, Isaiah 32: 17
Johnson himself turned out to be so many different characters he could have populated all of War and Peace and still had a few people left over.Herbert Mitgang
We merely want to live in peace with all the world, to trade with them, to commune with them, to learn from their culture as they may learn from ours, so that the products of our toil may be used for our schools and our roads and our churches and not for guns and planes and tanks and ships of war.Dwight D. Eisenhowe
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.Thomas Jefferson
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
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)
One of these days, the people are going to demand peace of the government, and the government is going to have to give it to them.Dwight Eisenhowe
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.E. H. Chapin
The self - Controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal Peace.Bhagavad Gita
Why cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here On Middle East peace initiative.Shimon Peres
The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.Lester Bowles Pearson
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 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
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
In times of tumult and discord bad men have the most power mental and moral excellence require peace and quiteness.Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.Napoleon Hill
American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace.George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999
For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.The Talmud
The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.Dwight D Eisenhowe
Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.George S. Patton
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.William Shakespeare
Rest in peace. The mistake shall not be repeated.Cenotaph in Hiroshima
If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.Henry Kissinge
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
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day.Unknown
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
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.Richard M. DeVos
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.Robert J. Sawyer, "Calculating God", 2000
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.Johann von Goethe
What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.Thomas Jefferson
Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.Gordon B. Hinkley, Speech given in October 2001
