--- title: "12 Peace Thought Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Peace Thought quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Peace Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_away_peace-is-only-a-thought-away-2356331_2356331.jpg" --- > [Peace is only a thought away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/peace-is-only-a-thought-away/) [Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_away_peace-is-only-a-thought-away-2356331_2356331.jpg) > [Peace is never more than one thought away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-away/) [Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/ben-jonson-1371_away_peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-awa_736831.png) > [Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-goldman/give-me-a-little-peace-a-little-why-so-modest-how-about-eternal-peace/) [James Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/james-goldman-34339_eternal-peace_give-me-a-little-peace-a-little-why-so-m_122882.jpg) > [Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henepola-gunaratana/peace-is-not-a-thought-not-a-concept-it-is-a-nonverbal-experience/) [Henepola Gunaratana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henepola-gunaratana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/henepola-gunaratana-10550_nonverbal_peace-is-not-a-thought-not-a-concept-it_585701.png) > [My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/my-stroke-of-insight-would-be-peace-is-only-a-thought-away-and-all-we/) [Jill Bolte Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bolte-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d60/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_access_my-stroke-of-insight-would-be-peace-is-o_750071.jpg) > [I made the mistake of thinking that external accomplishments would bring me peace. I thought it was about the job or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-shriver/i-made-the-mistake-of-thinking-that-external-accomplishments-would/) [Maria Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-shriver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/maria-shriver-8191_about_i-made-the-mistake-of-thinking-that-exte_2791207.jpg) > [When the soul is naughted and transformed, then of herself she neither works nor speaks nor wills, nor feels nor hears nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-of-genoa/when-the-soul-is-naughted-and-transformed-then-of-herself-she-neither/) [Catherine of Genoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-of-genoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/catherine-of-genoa-35595_all-things_when-the-soul-is-naughted-and-transforme_1425606.png) > [If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-littell/if-you-were-born-in-a-country-or-at-a-time-not-only-when-nobody-comes/) [Jonathan Littell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-littell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/jonathan-littell-31743_better-person_if-you-were-born-in-a-country-or-at-a-ti_2227777.jpg) > [“Why had peace given place so soon to turmoil? To two separate solitudes? Because peace had been without thought? Without...integrity? How could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/why-had-peace-given-place-so-soon-to-turmoil-to-two-separate/) [Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/mary-balogh-914_love_why-had-peace-given-place-so-soon-to-tur_452074.png) > [“...Helen sipped peppermint schnapps and considered the world made of her design. My religion is keeping peace, she thought. It hadn't begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-heathcock/helen-sipped-peppermint-schnapps-and-considered-the-world-made-of-her/) [Alan Heathcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-heathcock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/alan-heathcock-42592_epiphany_helen-sipped-peppermint-schnapps-and-con_2611118.jpg) > [“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/my-nation-as-all-nations-is-becoming-a-land-without-peace-without/) [Rumer Godden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumer-godden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/rumer-godden-11889_christianity_my-nation-as-all-nations-is-becoming-a-l_322481.jpg) > [“Accept this reality: It is your mind’s job to think—24/7. And it’s not going to stop just because you sit down for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davich/accept-this-reality-it-is-your-mind-s-job-to-think-24-7-and-it-s-not/) [Victor Davich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/victor-davich-73230_good-news_accept-this-reality-it-is-your-mind-s-jo_1640096.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Peace Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Peace is only a thought away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Bolte Taylor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bolte-taylor/peace-is-only-a-thought-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_away_peace-is-only-a-thought-away-2356331_2356331.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_away_peace-is-only-a-thought-away-2356331_2356331.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/jill-bolte-taylor-12626_away_peace-is-only-a-thought-away-2356331_2356331.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peace is only a thought away.” — Jill Bolte Taylor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Peace is never more than one thought away.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Jonson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/ben-jonson-1371_away_peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-awa_736831.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/ben-jonson-1371_away_peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-awa_736831.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/ben-jonson-1371_away_peace-is-never-more-than-one-thought-awa_736831.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peace is never more than one thought away.” — Ben Jonson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give me a little peace. 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