Peace Quotes
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O Cyrus , great King, King of Kings, Achaemenian King, King of the land of Iran. I, the Shahanshah of Iran, offer thee salutations from myself and from my nation. Rest in peace, for we are awake, and we will always stay awake.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
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I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.
Dick Van Dyke
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Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.
Dalai Lama
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My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.
Zainab Salbi
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We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.
James D. Watkins
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Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity...[For] we are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
Barack Obama
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I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
John Wesley
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The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.
Betty Williams
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What I know for sure is that it's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow. That doesn't necessarily mean your process will necessarily lead you to wealth or fame. In fact, your dream may have nothing to do with tangible prosperity and everything to do with creating a life filled with joy, one with no regrets and a clear conscience. I've learned that wealth is a tool that gives you choices, but it can't compensate for a life not fully lived and it certainly can't create a sense of peace within you.
Oprah Winfrey
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Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.
Jean-Claude Juncker
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The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
Paul Theroux
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I haven't had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. It's somewhat complicated to understand that. I've hardly ever spoken about it. You're in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana.
Byron Katie
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The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.
Saint Augustine
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
Charles de Montesquieu
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Stop the incitement in your media and your schools.Stop naming public squares and athletic teams after suicide bombers.And come to the negotiating table when you have prepared your people to forego hatred and renounce terrorism - and Israel will embrace you.Until that day, there can be no peace with Hamas. Peace at any price isn't peace; it's surrender.
Eric Cantor
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I tend toward more adult fare, and I would love to do a voice in an animated film or something the boys could go see, but at a certain point, I made peace with myself about it.
Matt Bomer
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Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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My hope would be that, as we're moving through the world right now, we're able to get that psychological or emotional peace by seeing very concretely our kids doing better and being more hopeful and having greater opportunities.
Barack Obama
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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
Alexander Pope
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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
John Wooden
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By developing a sense of concern for others' well-being, then no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep inner peace.
Dalai Lama
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In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.
Ernest Hemingway
