Peace Quotes

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."

"Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy."

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace."

"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."

"A quiet mind cureth all."

"Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave."

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

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

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."

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

"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

"I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man."

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am."

"Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

"You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew."

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors 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."

"Power to the peaceful!"

"The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace."

"Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves."

"Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'"

"Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by."

"While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart."

"There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace."

"I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war."

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."