Quotes about Peace

Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and spiritual blessings which we need.

We look for some reward of our endeavours and are disappointed; not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well.

Believe me, you have too many practices already. What is needed is rather a progressive inner simplification. Too many people identify spiritual prowess with being perpetually busy heaping meditation upon meditation, prayer upon prayer, reading upon reading instead of learning from the simple souls the great secret of knowing how, from time to time, to hold yourself back a little in peace and silence, attentive before God.5

Forgiveness is essential if we are to guard our hearts with all diligence.

Solitude is sometimes best society.

When a society is organized around that which is fitting in each realm, then peace, the fruit of justice, can flourish.

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

Solitude is sometimes the best society.

In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me

Silence is what causes most of humanity's problems.

All society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation.