Peace Quotes

"There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men."

Black Elk

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

Blaise Pascal

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."

Thomas Merton

"Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice."

Thomas Merton

"For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe."

Larry Eisenberg

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy."

Leo Buscaglia

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."

Sydney J. Harris

"Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed."

William James

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop."

Ovid

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."

"Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet."

Anne Lamott

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

"Let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason... Rest in reason and move in passion."

Kahlil Gibran

"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."

Mark Twain

"Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head."

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

"Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty."

Phaedrus

"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind."

Henry James

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."

Albert Schweitzer

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

Aesop

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference."

Barbara De Angelis

"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

William Arthur Ward

"Harmony is pure love, for love is complete agreement."

Lope de Vega

"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."

William Ewart Gladstone

"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."