Peace Quote by Mary Balogh

“idleness is the root of all evil.”

— Anthony Trollope

“idleness is the ideal of genius, and indolence the virtue of the Romantic.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“...never in peaceful times stand idle..”

— Nicolo Machiavelli

“He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Dependence, she knew, and the longing for more than what you had, led to unhappiness and discontent.”

— Nora Roberts

“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools.”

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

“She wondered if she was alone in having nothing between the dullness of her own days and the sheer brilliance of this imagined life.”

— Colm Tóibín

“her mind was wonderfully uncluttered with the nagging irritations of everyday life.”

— John Grisham

“Idleness is seductive. Just relax and do nothing, it says.”

— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

“Peace isnt the absence of distraction or annoyance or pain. Its finding Me, finding peace and calm, in the midst of those distractions and…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

“Sometimes a moment of solitude is just a faded sorrow. You remember fringes of it, but forgot most of it. Moved on from the…

— Crestless Wave

“Ignorance and stupidity are given the names of simplicity and innocence...Idleness appears as desire for a quiet life.”

— St. Augustine of Hippo