Peace Quotes - Page 100

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye.

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's 'War and Peace' everyday.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.

This inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding. Physical quietness seems the easiest to achieve, although there are levels and levels of this too, as attested by the ability of Hindu mystics to live buried alive for many days. Mental quietness, in which one has no wandering thoughts at all, seems more difficult, but can be achieved. But value quietness, in which one has no wandering desires at all but simply performs the acts of his life without desire, that seems the hardest.

It isn't the experience of today that drives men mad. It is the remorse for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may disclose.

Together we are creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world through kindness

What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

Now therefore, that my mind is free from all cares, and that I have obtained for myself assured leisure in peaceful solitude, I shall apply myself seriously and freely to the general destruction of all my former opinions.

Happiness is a shadow of harmony; it follows harmony. There is no other way to be happy.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

An equal doom clipp'd Time's blest wings of peace.

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

Inner peace is found by facing life squarely, solving its problems, and delving as far beneath its surface as possible to discover its verities and realities.

I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace.

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life. For me this began with a discovery of the meaninglessness of possessions beyond my actual and immediate needs. As soon as I had brought myself down to need level, I began to feel a wonderful harmony in my life between inner and outer well-being, between spiritual and material well-being.

To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.