Quotes about Peace
Have mercy on me, O Lady: for thou art called the Mother of Mercy. And according to thy mercy: cleanse me from all my iniquities. Pour forth thy grace upon me: and withdraw not from me thine accustomed clemency. For I will confess my sins to thee: and I will accuse myself of all my crimes before thee. Reconcile me to the Fruit of thy womb: and make peace for me with Him who has created me.
- St Bonaventure
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.
- Francis de Sales
The meek are those who yield to acts of wickedness, and do not resist evil, but overcome evil with good.
- St. Augustine
There is, then, a wicked mediator, who separates friends, and a good Mediator, who reconciles enemies.
- St. Augustine
O Lord God, give peace unto us: (for Thou hast given us all things;) the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, which hath no evening. For all this most goodly array of things very good, having finished their courses, is to pass away, for in them there was morning and evening.
- St. Augustine
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.
- St. Augustine
O sons of Peace, sons of the One Catholic [Church], walk in your way, and sing as you walk. Travelers do this in order to keep up their spirits.
- St. Augustine
The members of Christ, many though they be, are bound to one another by the ties of charity and peace under the one Head, who is our Saviour Himself, and form one man. Often their voice is heard in the Psalms as the voice of one man; the cry of one is as the cry of all, for all are one in One.
- St. Augustine
I, for one, shall speak about those obstinate Greeks, who are with us and against us, united in faith and divided in peace, though in truth their faith may stray from the straight path.
- Bernard of Clairvaux
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you- for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart… don't listen to the demon, laugh at him, and go without fear to receive the Jesus of peace and love…
- St. Therese of Lisieux