Peace Quotes
9841 Peace quotes by 3934 unique authors
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[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would…
— Rudyard Kipling
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims…
— George Washington
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is…
— Joseph Story
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The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all…
— Thomas Paine
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The rabbis, the Jewish religious people, the priests of the temple of Jerusalem, they were learned fools. They could not tolerate Jesus. The learned fools…
— Rajneesh
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Man wants two contradictory things together: he wants peace and he is ambitious. It is impossible. If you are ambitious, then your mind is bound…
— Rajneesh
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The Church is missionary by nature and her principal task is evangelization, which aims to proclaim and to witness to Christ and to promote his…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the true face of God, who…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Only meditation, only silence, only transcending beyond your mind is going to give you contentment and fulfillment.
— Rajneesh
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Only those people are really sane who have transcended the mind, who have gone beyond it into silence where no thoughts, no desires, no emotions,…
— Rajneesh
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Meditation is not your doing. You simply make the effort, but it is not your doing. Your effort is needed to prepare the ground. As…
— Rajneesh
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Always go with the river of life. Never try to go against the current, and never try to go faster than the river. Just move…
— Rajneesh
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Mind can only desire, and each desire is going to be frustrated. Instead of bringing more meditation, it will bring you more frustration. Instead of…
— Rajneesh
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Unless a person decides that `Whatever the cost, I want just to be myself. Condemned, unaccepted, losing respectability - everything is okay but I cannot…
— Rajneesh
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To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
— William Blake
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Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields...[they are]upholding…
— George W. Bush
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Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult…
— Dalai Lama
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The Department of Peace would take a more human approach to healing our society, looking not merely for ways we can destroy an enemy, but…
— Marianne Williamson
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Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince…
— Benjamin Franklin
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The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And,…
— Bruce Lee
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Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness with existence -…
— Rajneesh
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Only a man of inner silences becomes a creator. And we need more and more creative people in the world. Their very creativity, their very…
— Rajneesh
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The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any obedient child having…
— Rajneesh
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