Peace Quotes · Page 377

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“Doubtless there were insanely frenzied warriors, but there is no evidence that lunatic nudists made regular appearances on the battlefield.”

— Bernard Cornwell

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...

— Gautama Buddha

“As you traverse those incredible mountains, take a moment to appreciate their tranquillity. Let the peace they exude seep into your soul…

— Gift Gugu Mona

The Truth-power must be brought down from above into that state of peace, and this higher power - Parashakti - will directly…

— Sri Aurobindo

If I was an Arab leader I would never make [peace] with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country.

— David Ben-Gurion

Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.

— Maria Montessori

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

— U Thant

What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in…

— Chris Evans

“There are dread secrets that none may know and have peace. More, secrets that render whosoever knoweth them an alien unto the…

— E. Hoffman Price

The present is always unsettled, no one has had time to contemplate it in tranquillity . I was a painter before I…

— Isak Dinesen

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the…

— Virgil

“There is a morally flawed understanding of ‘peace.’ In much of the world (again, thanks to the left), peace has been so…

— Dennis Prager

When you find peace within, you also find that you can do without. This means simply that you no longer need the…

— Neale Donald Walsch

There never was a good war," said Franklin. "There have indeed been many wars in which a good man must take part,…

— Charles Eliot Norton

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things;…

— Amelia Earhart

A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is…

— Jane Goodall

“Through understanding, people will be able to see their similarities before differences.”

— Suzy Kassem

People try to glorify war, particularly those who aren't actually fighting in them. People tend to make heroes of those who are…

— John Boyne

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love is not neutral. It takes a stand. It is a commitment to the attainment of the conditions of peace for everyone…

— Marianne Williamson

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are…

— Saint Augustine

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

— Emmanuel Jal

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know…

— Albert Camus

A human being is bound by emotion, enslaved by their desires. A person is never really at peace with themselves because they…

— Frederick Lenz

To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally…

— Sun Tzu

That's what I am standing up for - Israel's future as a Jewish and democratic state living side-by-side in peace and security…

— John F. Kerry

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I prithee gentle friend, Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passions, sway In this uncivil and unjust extent Against thy peace.

— William Shakespeare

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer

“Don't ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is still happening even on days you may not realize it or feel…

— Lalah Delia

The belief in the inevitability of war is a self-fulfilling prophecy... We need an alternative vision, to see the world as one,…

— Dennis Kucinich

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear,…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Sing then the core of dark and absolute oblivion where the soul at last is lost in utter peace.

— D. H. Lawrence

We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.

— Ronald Reagan

We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for…

— Serj Tankian

The bond between the United States and Britain has always been strong. It has survived through war and peace, periods of prosperity…

— Louis Susman

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give…

— Linda Evans

“Ray once said in an interview that he directs his films “in harmony with the rhythm of human breathing.”

— Durga Chew-Bose