Peace Quotes - Page 91

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.

Don't agonize, organize.

What Hells and Purgatories and Heavens I have inside of me! But who sees me do anything that disagrees with life--me, so calm and peaceful?

Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is to me one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

This is a time for action — not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.

I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere In shapes of shifting lineage; let geese Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release From dusty bondage into luminous air. O blinding hour, O holy, terrible day, When first the shaft into his vision shone Of light anatomized! Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they Who, though once only and then but far away, Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.

To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed toward a love to our country and to mankind. The interest of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it; and as none but bad men would justify it in abuse, none but traitors would barter it away for their own personal advantage.

Death is only passing through God's other door.

Words were never invented to fully explain the peaceful aura that surrounds us when we are in communion with minds of the same thoughts.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

l know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

Peace without justice is an impossibility.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

Love is the tact of every good, The only warmth, the only peace.

Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we always talk about reform and changes. Among the old traditions, there are many aspects that are either ill-suited to our present reality or are counterproductive due to their shortsightedness. These, we have consigned to the dustbin of history. War too should be relegated to the dustbin of history.

When we speak of a calm state of mind or peace of mind, we shouldn't confuse that with an insensitive state of apathy. Having a calm or peaceful state of mind doesn't mean being spaced out or completely empty. Peace of mind or a calm state of mind is rooted in affection and compassion and is sensitive and responsive to others.

One joy dispels a hundred cares.

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?

In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

It is clear that the nations of the world now can only rise and fall together. It is not a question of one nation winning at the expense of another. We must all help one another or all perish together.