Peace Quotes
9841 Peace quotes by 3934 unique authors
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Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.
— Anna Julia Cooper
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Meditation is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind but also feeds them with vital energy, peace and…
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.
— Dalai Lama
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more…
— Betty Williams
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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
— Dalai Lama
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Younger people tend to associate happiness more with excitement and the future, while older people tend to associate happiness with peacefulness in the present.
— Chip Conley
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Those of us who have been lucky enough to experience a calling in our work have a certain faith and peace of mind that it's…
— Chip Conley
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Make peace with your past - so it won't spoil the present!
— Denise Austin
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Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.
— Dalai Lama
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Peace is a daily commitment. It is a homemade peace.
— Pope Francis
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Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.
— Sun Tzu
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.
— Max Lucado
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.
— Max Lerner
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You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a…
— Neale Donald Walsch
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I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as…
— Diane Ackerman
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Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think…
— Dalai Lama
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War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as…
— Elise M. Boulding
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Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the…
— Elise M. Boulding
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I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the…
— Elie Wiesel
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You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.
— Dalai Lama
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I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems…
— Nelson Mandela
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A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the…
— Rumi
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Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if…
— Laozi
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Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring…
— Dalai Lama
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