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a13a8aa Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. darkness drive-out hate inspirational light love peace Martin Luther King Jr.
fa41a55 You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one. beatles connection dreamers dreaming dreams hope inspirational peace John Lennon
050b7fb 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. pain peace scar sweetness Chuck Palahniuk
716000d Peace begins with a smile.. inspirational peace smile smiling Mother Teresa
ea2fec6 You cannot find peace by avoiding life. peace Michael Cunningham
af2c424 When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again. action do-the-right-thing doing inner-peace inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring life life-quotes living optimism optimistic peace positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking serenity Roy T. Bennett
4e98adf Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. christianity desire god heart jesus longing peace religion rest restlessness Augustine of Hippo
eda9835 Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? peace people reading world David Baldacci
4d5cc47 Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems? fighting peace soldiers war Bill Watterson
aa278eb "When Great Trees Fall When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened. Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance, fall away. We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves. And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. death i-shall-not-be-moved life maya-angelou peace poem poems poet poetry poets soul souls trees when-great-trees-fall writers writing Maya Angelou
b8bf2a4 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, attention compassion happiness happy-life inspirational kindness life love meaning-of-life meditation money oneness peace perspective philosophy positive-attitude positive-living purpose purpose-in-life purpose-of-life purposeful-living respect revelation self-awareness self-discovery spirit spirituality wisdom Amit Ray
3c8e009 You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know. abolition accomplish christian great-britain heard hope inspirational love peace slavery truth try William Wilberforce
eef149b 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. buddhism destiny happiness humanism inspirational karma peace self-reformation Daisaku Ikeda
b6ae32e If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. brilliance change contests data facts forget government happiness ignorance information motion peace philosophy politics popular questioning taxation thinking war worry Ray Bradbury
edc10c5 Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace. inner-peace inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring life life-quotes living optimism optimistic peace positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking Roy T. Bennett
3e91d5e A quiet conscience makes one strong! integrity morality peace spirituality strength Anne Frank
4ab94da It's important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life. belief compassion empathy experiences generosity humility inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes inspire inspiring joy kindness life life-quotes living love mind motivation motivational optimism optimistic peace positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking thoughts Roy T. Bennett
3f737a6 "May the peace of God be with you," she says, her voice low, "even in the midst of trouble." "Why would it?" I say softly, so no one else can hear. "After all I've done..." "It isn't about you," she says. "It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift." god peace Veronica Roth
346eb0b 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. awful death inspirational peace philosophy serenity wisdom Epicurus
dded11e Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. break peace rest vacation work Maya Angelou
19540ad Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness - and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe. The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling - their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability. Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. empire hope peace revolution war Arundhati Roy
a8707a8 For Equilibrium, a Blessing blessings equilibrium inspirational peace prayers John O'Donohue
77cda00 For a day, just for one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one And bring some peace into your Beautiful eyes. life peace شمس الدین محمد حافظ / Shams-al-Din Mohammad Hafez
d42bdfa For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance, May your gravity by lightened by grace. Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth, May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect. As water takes whatever shape it is in, So free may you be about who you become. As silence smiles on the other side of what's said, May your sense of irony bring perspective. As time remains free of all that it frames, May your mind stay clear of all it names. May your prayer of listening deepen enough to hear in the depths the laughter of god. equilibrium inspirational peace prayers John O'Donohue
757c081 it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. buddhism destiny happiness humanism inspirational karma peace self-reformation Daisaku Ikeda
ca84953 Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war. peace politics war Haile Selassie I
c84bcc0 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. buddhism destiny happiness humanism inspirational karma peace self-reformation Daisaku Ikeda
40c6251 When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad. books-of-ember city-of-ember goodness jeanne-duprau lina peace people-of-sparks right-choices war Jeanne DuPrau
d9a0f2d 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. abyss facts humble inspirational learning nature open-minded peace peace-of-mind preconceptions preparation risk science Thomas Huxley
9604556 To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. intimidation peace psychology strategy victory war Sun Tzu
eeffbf4 It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace. peace war Alan Moore
e01207e Be a light unto the world, and hurt it not. Seek to build not destroy. Bring My people home. How? By your shining example. Seek only Godliness. Speak only in truthfulness. Act only in love. Live the Law of Love now and forever more. Give everything require nothing. Avoid the mundane. Do not accept the unacceptable. Teach all who seek to learn of Me. Make every moment of your life an outpouring of love. Use every moment to think the highest thought, say the highest word, do the highest deed. In this, glorify your Holy Self, and thus too, glorify Me. Bring peace to the Earth by bringing peace to all those whose lives you touch. Be peace. Feel and express in every moment your Divine Connection with the All, and with every person, place, and thing. Embrace every circumstance, own every fault, share every joy, contemplate every mystery, walk in every man's shoes, forgive every offense (including your own), heal every heart, honor every person's truth, adore every person's God, protect every person's rights, preserve every person's dignity, promote every person's interests, provide every person's needs, presume every person's holiness, present every person's greatest gifts, produce every person's blessing, pronounce every person's future secure in the assured love of God. Be a living, breathing example of the Highest Truth that resides within you. Speak humbly of yourself, lest someone mistake your Highest Truth for boast. Speak softly, lest someone think you are merely calling for attention. Speak gently, that all might know of Love. Speak openly, lest someone think you have something to hide. Speak candidly, so you cannot be mistaken. Speak often, so that your word may truly go forth. Speak respectfully, that no one be dishonored. Speak lovingly, that every syllable may heal. Speak of Me with every utterance. Make of your life a gift. Remember always, you are the gift! Be a gift to everyone who enters your life, and to everyone whose life you enter. Be careful not to enter another's life if you cannot be a gift. (You can always be a gift, because you always are the gift--yet sometimes you don't let yourself know that.) When someone enters your life unexpectedly, look for the gift that person has come to receive from you...I HAVE SENT YOU NOTHING BUT ANGELS. god inspirational love peace speak truth world Neale Donald Walsch
8ee9b22 Your inner strength is your outer foundation inspirational love motivation peace personal-development personal-growth quotes realization self self-discovery self-help spiritual-growth upliftment Allan Rufus
1c2d81f How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. fear peace Bram Stoker
64aebf5 I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy - to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits. companionship friendship peace privacy quietness solitude Virginia Woolf
f22e784 Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. america freedom human-rights inspirational justice peace pride righteousness stream water Martin Luther King Jr.
76a3c4a Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure. actions fables failure frustration necessary nostalgia peace time R.A. Salvatore
de27eaf I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free. peace Veronica Roth
91c9fd7 You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. peace George Bernard Shaw
97e6b0c Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. inspirational peace religion serenity Thich Nhat Hanh
704622a One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practise the very antithesis of these principles. How often are our lives characterised by a high blood pressure of creeds and an anaemia of deeds! We talk eloquently about our commitment to the principles of Christianity, and yet our lives are saturated with the practices of paganism. We proclaim our devotion to democracy, but we sadly practise the very opposite of the democratic creed. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent pleas for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly the low road of injustice. This strange dichotomy, this agonising gulf between the and the , represents the tragic theme of man's earthly pilgrimage. love-in-action martin-luther-king-jr peace war words Martin Luther King Jr.
418c6e0 I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool. happiness jailbird peace Kurt Vonnegut
b07e739 The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Because the truth is, we should not all see everyone as the same! We are not the same! We are made of different colours and we have different cultures. We are all different! But the key to this door is to look at these differences, respect these differences, learn from and about these differences, and grow in and with these differences. We are all different. We are not the same. But that's beautiful. And that's okay.In the quest for unity and peace, we cannot blind ourselves and expect to be all the same. Because in this, we all have an underlying belief that everyone should be the same as us at some point. We are not on a journey to become the same or to be the same. But we are on a journey to see that in all of our differences, that is what makes us beautiful as a human race, and if we are ever to grow, we ought to learn and always learn some more. color culture difference differences equality government harmony human humanism humanity inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes peace race society unity C. JoyBell C.
2e2c254 You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom. life mindfulness peace Jon Kabat-Zinn
746c317 "The world is terrible," said Mark tonelessly. "And some are drawn down into it and drown there, and some rise above and carry others with them." life peace world Cassandra Clare
bdb1023 My Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. I hesitate to go out. If you opened the little gate, I would not hop away--but oh how I sing in my gold cage. peace solitude A.S. Byatt
f6dc096 "It seems like the rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. There are just breaths between them, and foolishly, we call those breaths "peace"." peace rebellion Veronica Roth
8faf4ce A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, can even enable a change in the destiny of all humankind. absolute-happiness buddhism destiny humanism inspirational karma peace self-reformation Daisaku Ikeda
8bc4653 His fingers skimmed down her body, over skin and satin, and she shivered, leaning into him, and she was sure they both tasted like blood and ashes and salt, but it didn't matter; the world, the city, and all it's lights and life seemed to have narrowed down to this, just her and Jace, the burning heart of a frozen world. peace romance Cassandra Clare
09f3490 But when they made love he was offended by her eyes. They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. Someone watching. Looking out of the window at the sea. At a boat in the river. Or a passerby in the mist in a hat. He was exasperated because he didn't know what that look . He put it somewhere between indifference and despair. He didn't know that in some places, like the country that Rahel came from, various kinds of despair competed for primacy. And that despair could never be desperate enough. That something happened when personal turmoil dropped by at the wayside shrine of the vast, violent, circling, driving, ridiculous, insane, unfeasible, public turmoil of a nation. That Big God howled like a hot wind, and demanded obeisance. Then Small God (cozy and contained, private and limited) came away cauterized, laughing numbly at his own temerity. Inured by the confirmation of his own inconsequence, he became resilient and truly indifferent. Nothing mattered much. Nothing much mattered. And the less it mattered, the less it mattered. It was never important enough. Because Worse Things had happened. In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening. So Small God laughed a hollow laugh, and skipped away cheerfully. Like a rich boy in shorts. He whistled, kicked stones. The source of his brittle elation was the relative smallness of his misfortune. He climbed into people's eyes and became an exasperating expression. despair desperation exasperation eyes indifference nationality peace personal public smallness war Arundhati Roy
99cf389 In the heartfelt mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will visit us, to shine on those sitting in darkness, in the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace. darkness god light mercy peace wisdom Anonymous
d1e8295 Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see. peace soul Zora Neale Hurston
06ae62a My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you. Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. god kindness peace trust truth Anonymous
50d0487 It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful, like the flowers, than large, conservative, repressed, fearful, and aggressive, like the thunder lizards; a lesson, by the way, that the Earth has yet to learn. peace Tom Robbins
ac389d2 Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom. Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace loneliness peace reflection solitude tranquility Dean Koontz
8cb75ef The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form. buddhism destiny happiness humanism inspirational karma peace self-reformation Daisaku Ikeda
4674945 Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. humanism inspirational peace philosophy Bertrand Russell
d169b79 Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. man peace people self-acceptance Gregory Maguire
c11776e For your past, for your flaws, and ultimately for your stress; I judge no one whom I've met along the way because in a sense we were all wounded in our own ways. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
ae3011d There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it. We find it again. We lose it again. peace Kurt Vonnegut
54c955c A great tree develops over time and can tell stories not only those of happiness, but also those that contain pain from what it has seen over the years, and as a result is the wise ancient tree that it is today. As the seasons change, the tree naturally goes through changes as well: where the leaves turn yellow and orange in the fall, falling by the Winter, returning in the Spring, and with full set of new leafs by the Summer. Love is no different in that there will be times when we are fully naked in the Winter, and left to wonder about Spring when it seemed so easy to love, yet the wise tree knows that no winter will last forever no matter how cold it may be. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
8b45d6a Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience. peace David Mitchell
7e6164b As I naturally go through a full range of emotions in my life, I mustn't feel ashamed for feeling lost, for it is honest and human to feel such. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
0791f78 We become so absorbed in our flaws and faults that we forget that it is better to be a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. To have flaws is beauty in itself, a fact so frightening that we hurry to hide them from sight and tarnish the whole in the process of comparing ourselves to others. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
9fc3819 One day in my shoes and a day for me in your shoes, the beauty of travel lies in the ease and willingness to be more open. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
cc9f7b6 Some we proudly display on our arms, while others we shyly conceal. Tattoo the moments of sorrow as well as the moments of splendor and beauty. Tattoo in an acknowledgment and tribute to home, and tattooing your beliefs that define who you are. Whether we intended to or not, every moment of our lives are tattooed to our heart. inspirational motivational peace philosophy spiritual wisdom zen Forrest Curran
4becac7 We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world--a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. . . . No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you. Well, shit on that dumbness. George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn't vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today--and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever. Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us--they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them. peace politics violence war Hunter S. Thompson
eb7f121 Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity. peace Henry David Thoreau
8df3707 Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future. peace war Gabriel García Márquez
85001f7 I didn't want any flowers, I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free---- The peacefulness is so big it dazes you, And it asks nothing, a name tag, a few trinkets. It is what the dead close on, finally; I imagine them Shutting their mouths on it, like a Communion tablet. peace religion Sylvia Plath
626ac84 War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children. good peace war Jimmy Carter
4b78a58 The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself. love peace Jonathan Carroll
a7b6c7e How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull. peace Umberto Eco
1bdc258 My prayer is simple my dear one, my dear one. May you never need understand. My prayer is for peacetime, my child, my child. Live it well and this life can be grand. peace Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
fd5e0e8 [The modern age] knows nothing about isolation and nothing about silence. In our quietest and loneliest hour the automatic ice-maker in the refrigerator will cluck and drop an ice cube, the automatic dishwasher will sigh through its changes, a plane will drone over, the nearest freeway will vibrate the air. Red and white lights will pass in the sky, lights will shine along highways and glance off windows. There is always a radio that can be turned to some all-night station, or a television set to turn artificial moonlight into the flickering images of the late show. We can put on a turntable whatever consolation we most respond to, Mozart or Copland or the Grateful Dead. isolation loneliness modern-society noise peace shallowness silence stillness technology Wallace Stegner
960b6f2 Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are ... They have no harsh edges with each other, no spiny conflicts, they ride though life like conjoined jellyfish - expanding and contracting instinctively, filling each other's spaces liquidly. Making it look easy. happiness ideal-love ideal-lover jellyfish love marriage other-half peace perfection relationships soul-mate soul-mates true-love unconditional-love Gillian Flynn
21ef9dd In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clinched fist none. hope love peace Victor Hugo
296d896 Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace calmness desiring imitiating light peace repose seeking striving Hermann Hesse
27d1a98 the search for meaning is really the search for the lost chord. When the lost chord is discovered by humankind, the discord in the world will be healed and the symphony of the universe will come into complete harmony with itself. peace John O'Donohue
2b23b15 Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one's beloved extended community. accountability beloved-community civic-duty civic-responsibility civic-virtue civil-disobedience communities democracy democratic-process discourse-on-a-better-world discourse-on-democracy discourse-on-freedom editorials-on-democracy emigrants gun-laws gun-violence human-rights immigration leadership leadership-characteristics leadership-theory national-history-day peace peace-on-earth police-culture police-reform political-art political-chaos political-commentary political-ethics political-philosophy political-poets political-posters political-rights political-theory postered-poetics-by-aberjhani practicing-democracy presidential-election right-to-vote sustainable-living teaching-democracy voting Aberjhani
f490fcb Out yonder they may curse, revile, and torture one another, defile all the human instincts, make a shambles of creation (if it were in their power), but here, no, here, it is unthinkable, here there is abiding peace, the peace of God, and the serene security created by a handful of good neighbors living at one with the creature world. california ecology environment good-neighbors nature peace serenity Henry Miller
6ae4148 She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that it doesn't matter. Mariam is never very far.... Mariam is in her own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns. peace wisdom within Khaled Hosseini
3b64cbe And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds. life merlin nobility pacifism peace war T.H. White
48df226 Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy. classic-quotes faith grace hope ignorance inspiration marvelousmonday-quotes mercy nanowrimo national-novel-writing-month peace peacism quotes-by-famous-authors quotes-by-famous-poets silver souls spirituality stars survival terrorism the-soul war world-suicide-prevention-day Aberjhani
ed0abdc "The goddess smiled. "You are a good hero, Percy Jackson. Not too proud. I like that. But you have much to learn. When Dionysus was made a god, I gave up my throne for him. It was the only way to avoid a civil war among the gods." "It unbalanced the Council," I remembered. "Suddenly there were seven guys and five girls." Hestia shrugged. "It was the best solution, not a perfect one. Now I tend the fire. I fade slowly into the background. No one will ever write epic poems about the deeds of Hestia. Most demigods don't even stop to talk to me. But that is no matter. I keep the peace. I yield when necessary. Can you do this?" give-up hestia peace percy-jackson self-sacrifice yield Rick Riordan
7df3fb8 This world's anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back. agape-love anguish casualties-of-war child-victims-of-war children-killed-in-war conflict-resolution faith fear grief gun-laws gun-violence hope love nonviolent-conflict-resolution pain peace peace-movement peacemaking police-reform police-shootings russia-and-ukraine-conflict spiritual-love syrian-civil-war tragedy unconditional-love violence war world-suicide-prevention-day Aberjhani
5f36995 Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe? peace Brian Jacques
28d210c When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening. being listen peace quiet self-care Madeleine L'Engle
28cd5cc "He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others." peace war Scott Westerfeld
6111b91 There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the newly dead. I have learned not to trust those times, because if the world is at peace then it means someone is planning war. peace war Bernard Cornwell
627fa6b Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence is used to teach us to use words responsibly. Tiredness is used so that we can understand the value of waking up. Illness is used to underline the blessing of good health. Fire is used to teach us about water. Earth is used so that we can understand the value of air. Death is used to show us the importance of life. inspiration life peace solitude Paulo Coelho
d48ff7a The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one's influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it. peace spirit technology Marianne Williamson
1f710f3 Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions. elric-of-melnibone eternal-champion imperfection opposites paradox peace philosophers soothsayers Michael Moorcock
358cf73 [There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself. evolution food humor jodi-picoult peace quietness reflection truth Jodi Picoult
fc4ec95 Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: an unjust civilization is built upon sand. It does not long survive a storm. jedi justice peace Matthew Woodring Stover
4a546b4 Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end. caine fighting life morganville morganville-vampires peace vampires war Rachel Caine
db78f74 That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace. peace Agatha Christie
a192051 Seeds of past karma cannot germinate if they are roasted in the fires of divine wisdom. peace spirituality wisdom yoga Paramahansa Yogananda
f959192 Eastward and westward storms are breaking,--great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable. bigotry black-history-month civil-unrest crimean-war cruelty diplomacy faith faith-in-humanity hate-crimes hope-for-the-future intolerance national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution peace peace-movement peacism political-aggression political-turmoil prophecy russia syrian-civil-war ukraine violence war war-crimes we-can-do-better wisdom W.E.B. Du Bois
d7c83bb "I had to work so hard to find myself again, Alexandr." There was pain in her voice. "I was so lost without you. You left me raw and wounded and trapped in a dark place with no windows or doors. I didn't know how to live without you. I didn't know how to smile or feel or be. It took almost two years before I really accepted that it was over and I had to find a way to go on. I made myself strong. I'm alive again. I can wake up some mornings and be happy. I can look at the ocean and find peace again. Now you're asking me to risk everything all over again and I'm not certain I could survive if it all came crashing down." go-on happy lost love peace Christine Feehan
cf99604 War does not answer war, war does not finish war. The only ending is peace. peace war Philippa Gregory
c05ff58 Try to roll with the punches. Keep your chin up. Don't take any wooden nickels. Vote Democrat in every election. Ride your bike in the park. Dream about my perfect, golden body. Take your vitamins. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Pull for the Mets. Watch a lot of movies. Don't work too hard at your job. Take a trip to Paris with me. Come to the hospital when Rachel has her baby and hold my grandchild in your arms. Brush your teeth after every meal. Don't cross the street on a red light. Defend the little guy. Stick up for yourself. Remember how beautiful you are. Remember how much I love you. Drink one Scotch on the rocks every day. Breathe deeply. Keep your eyes open. Stay away from fatty foods. Sleep the sleep of the just. Remember how much I love you. inspirational life love peace Paul Auster
519c8df We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience. civil-rights civil-rights-movement conscience hatred nonviolence peace protest racism racism-in-america resistance segregation Martin Luther King Jr.
9146bd4 Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were to ourselves and our immediate family, next, to bands of wandering hunter-gatherers, then to tribes, small settlements, city-states, nations. We have broadened the circle of those we love. We have now organized what are modestly described as super-powers, which include groups of people from divergent ethnic and cultural backgrounds working in some sense together -- surely a humanizing and character building experience. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. Many of those who run the nations will find this idea unpleasant. They will fear the loss of power. We will hear much about treason and disloyalty. Rich nation-states will have to share their wealth with poor ones. But the choice, as H. G. Wells once said in a different context, is clearly the universe or nothing. fear peace power sharing Carl Sagan
557a73f See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn't bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging. peace zen Jon Kabat-Zinn
63f9b15 ...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you. peace Barbara Kingsolver
76affc4 Peace be upon you, for you have persevered! How excellent, then, this fulfilment in the hereafter! peace Anonymous
df30662 "The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an "extra" that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. It is not simply a way to "enhance" your walk with the Lord. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit, your "faith" cannot please God. It is not saving faith. Saving faith is the confidence that if you sell all you have and forsake all sinful pleasures, the hidden treasure of holy joy will satisfy your deepest desires. Saving faith is the heartfelt conviction not only that Christ is reliable, but also that He is desirable. It is the confidence that He will come through with His promises and that what He promises is more to be desired than all the world." everything freedom joy life peace precious prize purity treasure wholeness John Piper
77dbd06 "There is a common superstition that "self-respect" is a kind of charm against snakes, something that keeps those who have it locked in some unblighted Eden, out of strange beds, ambivalent conversations, and trouble in general. It does not at all. It has nothing to do with the face of things, but concerns instead a separate peace, a private reconciliation." peace privacy reconciliation self-respect Joan Didion
eecd89c And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for their are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? I won't stomach them for a minute. And so when houses were finally fireproofed completely, all over the world (you were correct in your assumption the other night) there was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes. They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior: official censors, judges and executors. That's you, Montag, and that's me. equality fahrenheit-451 fear happiness inferiority peace ray-bradbury Ray Bradbury
d3f89db The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official American policy, with the wishes of a majority of its own citizens--and honor its own previous commitments--by accepting its legal borders. All Arab neighbors must pledge to honor Israel's right to live in peace under these conditions. The United States is squandering international prestige and goodwill and intensifying global anti-American terrorism by unofficially condoning or abetting the Israeli confiscation and colonization of Palestinian territories. israel palestine peace united-states Jimmy Carter
7fc4882 I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War is not inevitable, however persistent it is, however long a history it has in human affairs. It does not come out of some instinctive human need. It is manufactured by political leaders, who then must make a tremendous effort--by enticement, by propaganda, by coercion--to mobilize a normally reluctant population to go to war. creativity ingenuity peace political-propaganda war Howard Zinn
93953c2 By shutting out the real world we can live peacefully in ours. We know that a world without pain is a world without feeling... But a world without feeling is a world without pain. imagination pain peace real-world Daniel Keyes
10f650b When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives. innovation permission peace Steven Johnson
1adca87 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. ~John 14:27 bible-verse god jesus nasb peace Anonymous
c75bbbe It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings. nature peace simplicity John Steinbeck
4a32a4d Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death. death life peace Dean Koontz
1a18cfe The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told. peace stoker war Bram Stoker
6564985 Glass & peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows. pacifism peace provocative-inspirational David Mitchell
5ea04ef The peace of Manderley. The quietude and the grace. Whoever lived within its walls, whatever trouble there was and strife, however much uneasiness and pain, no matter what tears were shed, what sorrows borne, the peace of Manderley could not be broken or the loveliness destroyed. The flowers that died would bloom again another year, the same birds build their nests, the same trees blossom. That old quiet moss smell would linger in the air, and the bees would come, and crickets, the herons build their nests in the deep dark woods. The butterflies would dance their merry jug across the lawns, and spiders spin foggy webs, and small startled rabbits who had no business to come trespassing poke their faces through the crowded shrubs. There would be lilac, and honeysuckle still, and the white magnolia buds unfolding slow and tight beneath the dining-room window. No one would ever hurt Manderley. It would lie always in its hollow like an enchanted thing, guarded by the woods, safe, secure, while the sea broke and ran and came again in the little shingle bays below. eternal manderley peace Daphne du Maurier
b67dc21 "We haven't been too bad, have we?" "No, nor enormously good. I suppose that's the trouble - we haven't been much of anything except us, while a big part of the world was busy being lots of awful things." good peace world Ray Bradbury
29fda96 Was it the wicked leaders who led innocent populations to slaughter, or was it wicked populations who chose leaders after their own hears? On the face of it, it seemed unlikely that one Leader could force a million Englishmen against their will. If, for instance, Mordred had been anxious to make the English wear petticoats, or stand on their heads, they would surely not have joined his party -- however clever or persuasive or deceitful or even terrible his inducements? A leader was surely forced to offer something which appealed to those he led? He might give the impetus to the falling building, but surely it had to be toppling on its own account before it fell? If this were true, then wars were not calamities into which amiable innocents were led by evil men.They were national movements, deeper, more subtle in origin. And, indeed, it did not feel to him as if he or Mordred had led their country to its misery. If it was so easy to lead one's country in various directions, as if she was a pig on a string, why had he failed to lead her into chivalry, into justice, and into peace? He had been trying. Then again -- this was the second circle -- it was like the Inferno -- if neither he nor Mordred had really set the misery in motion, who had been the cause? How did the fact of war begin in general? For any one war seemed so rooted in its antecedents. Mordred went back to Morgause, Morgause to Uther Pendragon, Uther to his ancestors. It seemed as if Cain had slain Abel, seizing his country, after which the men of Abel had sought to win their patrimony again for ever. Man had gone on, through age after age, avenging wrong with wrong, slaughter with slaughter. Nobody was the better for it, since both sides always suffered, yet everybody was inextricable. The present war might be attributed to Mordred or to himself. But also it was due to a million Thrashers, to Lancelot, Guenever, Gawaine, everybody. Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it. It was as if everything would lead to sorrow, so long as man refused to forget the past. The wrongs of Uther and of Cain were wrongs which could have been righted only by the blessing of forgetting them. peace war T.H. White
8d88d91 The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came I almost felt it a disturbance, and rather still wished it had held aloof. peace villette Charlotte Brontë
cd29102 Thought is creative - Fear attracts like energy - Love is all there is. growth light love peace strength trust truth Neale Donald Walsch
1afbd85 How then to enforce peace? Not by reason, certainly, nor by education. If a man could not look at the fact of peace and the fact of war and choose the former in preference to the latter, what additional argument could persuade him? What could be more eloquent as a condemnation of war than war itself? condemnation decision man peace preference war Isaac Asimov
9e272b2 "You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack." -- navy peace war Patrick O'Brian
18b0bf8 It partook ... of eternity ... there is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out (she glanced at the window with its ripple of reflected lights) in the face of the flowing, the fleeting, the spectral, like a ruby; so that again tonight she had the feeling she had had once today, already, of peace, of rest. Of such moments, she thought, the thing is made that endures. nostalgia peace Virginia Woolf
e1f0030 I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard. notes-from-the-underground peace Fyodor Dostoyevsky
42d7d74 There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug. peace technology-addiction Harlan Coben
00157f6 If everyone could feel as I felt at that moment, dressed in my preppy sweater and McGregor coat and about to set out on a little journey with my Bambi-eyed girlfriend on Christmas Eve, all conflicts in the world would vanish. Mellow smiles would rule the earth. happiness joy love peace relationship Ryū Murakami
c4fb77c He thought perhaps it was a woman's way, to come out of such a storm of emotion and pain as if she were a ship emerging onto calm seas. She had seemed, not at peace, but emptied of sorrow. As if she had run out of that particular emotion and no other one arose to take its place. cold depression devastation disappointment emotion empty numb pain peace sadness ship sorrow storm tragedy way woman Robin Hobb
189c1d2 ... it would be better for our country and the world in general, if at least the few people who were capable of thought stood for reason and the love of peace instead of heading wildly with blind obsession for new war. pacifism peace reason war Hermann Hesse
7be99a6 The distant sea, lapping the sandy shore with measured sound; the nearer cries of the donkey-boys; the unusual scenes moving before her like pictures, which she cared not in her laziness to have fully explained before they passed away; the stroll down to the beach to breathe the sea-air, soft and warm on the sandy shore even at the end of November; the great long misty sea-line touching the tender-coloured sky; the white sail of a distant boat turning silver in some pale sunbeam: - it seemed as if she could dream her life away in such luxury of pensiveness, in which she made her present all in all, from not daring to think of the past, or wishing to contemplate the future. calm laziness lazy lazy-day meditation meditative north-and-south peace Elizabeth Gaskell
b0ee35a From that first moment of doubt, there was no peace for her; from the time she first imagined leaving her forest, she could not stand in one place without wanting to be somewhere else. She trotted up and down beside her pool, restless and unhappy. Unicorns are not meant to make choices. She said no, and yes, and no again, day and night, and for the first time she began to feel the minutes crawling over her like worms. forest leaving peace restless restlessness time unhappy unicorn unicorns wanting worms Peter S. Beagle
92247c6 We live in the post-trash, man. It'll be a real short eon. Down in the ectoplasmic circuitry where humanity's leaders are all linked up unconsciously with each other and with the masses, man, there's been this unanimous worldwide decision to trash the planet and get on to a new one. peace vietnam-war Denis Johnson
a4982f9 "Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From the sins which so easily entangles us (Hebrews 12:1)? Then delight in yourself in the Lord, in His provision, in His Word. Faithfully feed on the things that possess true substance and real meaning. When you remember that "all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16) and partake of such divine substance, then you are fed, you are led and you are safe!" peace Elizabeth George
36d72d0 The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace. evil life nature peace world Gregory Maguire
06e750c Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite. peace Ivo Andrić
257ebe1 But when the world is, indeed, in chaos, then an affirmation of cosmos becomes essential. chaos cosmos faith life peace peace-of-mind Madeleine L'Engle
efd305b Alford, Massachusetts: Mandy stood there with her old Nikon film camera, snapping photo after photo of the rural landscape. It was difficult to describe the wonderful feeling of there not being a single cell phone in sight; the only modern technology around was the faint blue glow of a cathode ray tube television in the window of a nearby house, and a few cars and trucks parked in crumbling gravel driveways. She was allowed to see this place, one that would likely be ruined by the 21st century as time went on... places like these were extremely hard to find these days. A world of wood-burning cookstoves and the waxy smell of Paraffin, laundry hung out to dry, rusty steel bridges over streams that reflected the bright blue skies, apple pies left out on windowsills... a world of hard work with very little to show for it aside from the sunlight beaming down on a proud community. And Mandy wanted to trap it all in her Kodak film rolls and rescue it from the future. cell-phone cook-stove country digital earth farm film future glow grim kodachrome kodak laundry love massachusetts missing nikon nostalgic past peace photography pie small-town television texting traditional Rebecca McNutt
4393293 At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists. choices peace Polly Horvath
eb54d42 Rhage exhaled slowly, air easing out of his nose. As he sank into his skin, he reveled in the perfection of peace. The heavenly silence. The great roaring absence. peace silence J.R. Ward
eba8d44 Blessed are the peacemakers; theirs is the kingdom of heaven heaven kingdom leo-tolstoy peace Leo Tolstoy
b2e8436 "Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6)" jesus peace rock John Piper
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