βAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.β
Blaise Pascalsolitudestillness
Mind & Emotion Β· 20 authors
Quotes on peace and inner calm. On the value of a serene and peaceful life.
βAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.β
β Blaise Pascal
βAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.β
βCivilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.β
βPeace is costly but it is worth the expense.β
βPeace is not absence of conflict β it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.β
βLife is a short affair; we should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.β
βMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.β
βThe way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.β
βThere is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.β
βIf your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?β
βViolence is like a weed β it does not die even in the greatest drought.β
βIf we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.β
βPeace on earth, or the earth in pieces.β
βWhen we can't find peace in ourselves, it is vain to look for it elsewhere.β
βGratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.β
βWar does not determine who is right β only who is left.β
βHe that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.β
βHe who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist.β
βYou cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.β
βI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.β
βPeace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.β
βTo live happily means to have peace of mind.β
βThis world has but one way of making peace β forgiveness.β
βSo, don't worry about that stuff.β