He who is in perfect peace suspects no man. But he who is discontented and disturbed is agitated by various suspicions; he neither has rest himself, nor does he permit others to rest.
-Jesus Christ
Quotations
Peace
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
-Virginia Woolf
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
-Desiderius Erasmus
"Adagia"
For him who has completed the journey, for him who is sorrowless, for him who from everything is wholly free, for him who has destroyed all ties, the fever of passion exists not… He is like a pool, unsullied by mud; to such a balanced one, life’s wanderings do not arise. Calm is his mind, calm is his speech, calm is his action, who, rightly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly peaceful and equipoised.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
To be at peace with others you must be at peace with yourself.
-E'yen A. Gardner
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
-Thich Nhat Hanh "Thich Nhat Hanh"
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
-Peace Pilgrim
Peace won by compromise is usually a short- lived achievement.
-Winfield Scott
If there is to be peace in the world, there must be peace in the heart.
-Lao Tzu "Lao Tzu"
