Quotes about Peace

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Jesus is happy to come with us, as truth is happy to be spoken, as life to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy to be given, as peace to be spread.

If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.

Don't let circumstances distress you. Rather, look for the will of God for your life to be revealed in and through those circumstances.

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life.

The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever-recurring song of retaliation.

Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can't learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, freely submitting to, and taking delight in God's wise, and fatherly disposal in every condition.

Suppose for example, that he lacks outward comforts, good cheer and feasting, a good conscience in a continual feast; so he can make up the lack of a feast by the peace that he has in his own conscience. If he lacks melody in the world, he has a bird within him that sings the most melodious songs in the world, and the most delightful. And then does he lack honor? He has his own conscience witnessing for him, that is as a thousand witnesses.

It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.