Peace Quotes - Page 131

Being both more systematically brutal than chimps and more empathetic than bonobos, we are by far the most bipolar ape. Our societies are never completely peaceful, never completely competitive, never ruled by sheer selfishness, and never perfectly moral.

Once I prophesied that this generation of Americans had a rendezvous with destiny. That prophecy now comes true. To us much is given; more is expected. This generation will nobly save or mainly lose the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, generous just. A way, which if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.

If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Most important of all, the will for peace on the part of peace-loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a cause. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.

We're not losing the peace.

The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.

Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

pg.9 "In my heart there's a peaceful anguish, and my calm is made of resignation.

The best you can do for anyone is to thrive fully and be willing to explain to anyone who asks how it is that you are thriving, and what it is that you've discovered - and then, just relax and trust that all truly is well.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary - public authority, just cause, right motive.

We are advancing, we are responding, we are having major apprehensions of the most wanted, most dangerous criminals, overall, we continue to work toward a Mexico of peace that we all want.

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.

I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world.

What a blessing to be able to leave the cares of life for a brief period and spend time in the outstretched arms of your Shepherd, rubbing, as it were, your cheek against His face in intimate fellowship through prayer.

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.

It is in that inner peace and stillness that things begin to happen, and it was in that peace and stillness that I began to hear God's voice.

War, what's it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level.

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof to catch the morning or evening beam; but the love and gratitude of united America settle upon it in one eternal sunshine. From beneath that humble roof went forth the intrepid and unselfish warrior, the magistrate who knew no glory but his country's good; to that he returned, happiest when his work was done. There he lived in noble simplicity, there he died in glory and peace.

One in All All in One-- If only this is realized, No more worry about your not being perfect (175)

We lose the peace of years when we hunt after the rapture of moments.

Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.