Peace Quotes

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."

"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

"Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset."

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."

"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means."

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."

"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

"You cannot find peace by avoiding life."

"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it."

"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time."

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace."

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

"We make war that we may live in peace."

"Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience."

"Avoid popularity if you would have peace."

"I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace."

"Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin."

"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism."

"You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you."