Quotes on Peace

The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.

Their quarrel was no more surprising than are most quarrels — inevitable at the time, incredible afterwards.

When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.

I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of the outcast, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed, the reviled ---- in short, from the perspective of those who suffer . . . to look with new eyes on matters great and small.

We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.

Men are trained to like this version of womanhood, and when someone comes along smashing the table and messing up the party, it's a bit like, 'Get out; why are you disturbing the peace?'

I have not that joy in the Holy Ghost, no settled, lasting joy; nor have I such a peace as excludes the possibility either of fear or doubt.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.