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peace Quotes (23)

Mind & Emotion Β· 20 authors

Quotes on peace and inner calm. On the value of a serene and peaceful life.

Featured Quote

β€œAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”

β€” Blaise Pascal

Quotes 23

β€œAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.”
Blaise Pascalsolitudestillness
β€œCivilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.”
Jose Ortega y Gassetcivilizationforce
β€œPeace is costly but it is worth the expense.”
African Proverbpeacecost
β€œPeace is not absence of conflict – it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
Ronald Reaganpeaceconflict
β€œLife is a short affair; we should try to make it smooth, and free from strife.”
Euripideslifebrevity
β€œMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”
George Washingtonwarpeace
β€œThe way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.”
Omar Bradleywarpeace
β€œThere is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.”
George Waldnuclearwar
β€œIf your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?”
Kahlil Gibranheartanger
β€œViolence is like a weed – it does not die even in the greatest drought.”
Simon Wiesenthalviolencepersistence
β€œIf we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.”
Harry S. Trumanpeacewar
β€œPeace on earth, or the earth in pieces.”
Anonymouspeacewar
β€œWhen we can't find peace in ourselves, it is vain to look for it elsewhere.”
FranΓ§ois de La Rochefoucauldpeaceinner
β€œGratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffergratitudememory
β€œWar does not determine who is right – only who is left.”
Bertrand Russellwarpeace
β€œHe that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”
Benjamin Franklinwisdomrestraint
β€œHe who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist.”
Albert Einsteinpacifismvalues
β€œYou cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”
Albert Einsteincontradictionwisdom
β€œI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
Albert Einsteinwarninghumanity
β€œPeace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert Einsteinnonviolenceharmony
β€œTo live happily means to have peace of mind.”
Marcus Tullius Cicerohappinesspeace
β€œThis world has but one way of making peace β€” forgiveness.”
Aleksey K. Tolstoyforgivenesspeace
β€œSo, don't worry about that stuff.”
Daniel Dae Kiminterviewacting