Peace Quotes

"Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves."

William Hazlitt

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

"Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be."

Wayne Dyer

"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."

"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat."

Dag Hammarskjöld

"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."

"Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die."

Herbert Hoover

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."

Ulysses S. Grant

"We make war that we may live in peace."

"If you want peace, prepare for war."

Vegetius

"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."

Herodotus

"Peace is the fairest form of happiness."

William Ellery Channing

"Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul."

Jawaharlal Nehru

"Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous."

"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."

Albert Einstein

"Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt."

Francis of Assisi

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

Hermann Hesse

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."

Eckhart Tolle

"Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"Peace is not the product of terror or fear."

Óscar Romero

"A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace."

Gerhart Hauptmann

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."

George Washington

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

"Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than war."

John Milton