Peace Quotes
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"It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace."
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
"Peace begins with a smile.."
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field.I'll meet you there.When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about."
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission."
"Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity."
"Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold."
"Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering."
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
"Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee."
"If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal."
"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."
"Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?"
"Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens"
"Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace."
"Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end."
"You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
"The Simple PathSilence is PrayerPrayer is FaithFaith is LoveLove is ServiceThe Fruit of Service is Peace"
"Peace is always beautiful."
"Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one"
"It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,"
"As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."
"The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second."
"Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition, peace, foresight, trust, empathy. The differences between people lie in their use of these senses; most people don't know anything about the inner senses while a few people rely on them just as they rely on their physical senses, and in fact probably even more."
"As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."
"it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings."
"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it."
"and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful."
"Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not."
"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)"
"For the funeral I needed a plus one, so I rented a hooker. And then I rented a movie. Rest in peace Grandpa, or whoever you were."
"Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself."
"The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms."
"I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats."
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence."
"What if guns shot clouds, rather than bullets? Then they’d not only be peaceful, but they’d be delayed water guns. Is there a Nobel Farm Prize?"
"Relax. Just be. And be just."
"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."
"I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is."
"In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)"
"Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this."
"Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling"
"I wish the military were the militerary. Less fighting and more reading."
"Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty."
"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."
"Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks."
"Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?"
"Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing."
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us."
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