It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
For me, peace should provide security to the Jewish people.
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.
I am trying to make my peace with the paparazzi.
Ms. Clinton, like the Obama administration more broadly, believes that appeasing Islamists… promotes peace and stability.
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
I just always have to cry out a breakup, and then I can make peace with it pretty quickly.
Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation.
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.
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.
I believe it is peace in our time.
Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.
A calling is the place where your gifts, abilities, desires, and feelings of worth all meet. When you follow your calling, you feel at home, at peace – you feel as though you’re where you’re meant to be.
When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution.
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.
More than anything, praying just helps me to concentrate and let go of things that don’t matter in that moment. It gives me peace knowing I’m in good hands.
Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive… to live now… to have the courage to confront each day.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
We work together. No one is more important than the other. We are all Zimbabweans. We want to grow our economy. We want peace in our country.
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one another, hopefully in positive ways.
In New York, just standing still on the sidewalk is a weird feeling. You have this incessant need to do things. Los Angeles is about kicking back, relaxing, your inner child, peace.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.
I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.
We need to learn the names of God because when we know His character and His capacity, we will find rest and discover peace and power in His covenantal care of us.
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.
I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
Weird people follow you in the streets, you can’t sit alone in a restaurant or a cafe and read a book in peace, and I think everybody values those moments of being alone.
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don’t want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.
You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.
Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
My long struggles as a soldier of the Chinese Revolution have forced me to realize the necessity of facing hard facts. There will be neither peace, nor hope, nor future for any of us unless we honestly aim at political, social and economic justice for all peoples of the world, great and small.
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
I despise all those who fight for peace. It’s only the bad guys and the troublemakers who create entertaining and history-changing events.
Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
Indeed, we’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.
The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinise you, it will immortalise you.
I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it.
DJing is my only peace of mind. When the phone is off, I play my favourite songs really loud for myself, and I’m not talking to anyone; I’m not managing anything. It’s just, like, a time when I can listen to music.
I’ve always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We’re not protesting from the outside. We’re inside.
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
We make war that we may live in peace.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one’s home or the peace of one’s mind.
In conclusion, peace quotes serve as reminders of the profound impact that peace can have on our lives and the world. As we navigate the complexities of life, may these quotes inspire us to embrace peace within ourselves, foster harmonious relationships, and actively contribute to creating a more peaceful and just society. Let us remember that peace begins with each individual, and through our collective efforts, we can sow the seeds of understanding, compassion, and unity. May we strive for a world where peace prevails, and all beings can thrive in harmony and love.
