Quotes about Peace

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.

All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.

Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

There is, in Kafka, a sort of sleep-worship; he regards sleep as a panacea.

Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers.

All this under a magnificent blue sky.

The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things you spend your money on, all speak loudly about what you believe. The beauty of thy peace shines forth in an ordered life. A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.

By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere.

The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life, the greater peace.

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

Christ is sufficient. We do not need support groups for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy.