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33 Peace Quotes

Peace Quotes

Peace Quotes

 


 

“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.”

-George Bernard Shaw

 


 

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”

-Eckhart Tolle

 


 

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

 


 

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

-Albert Einstein

 


 

“Peace is the only battle worth waging.”

-Albert Camus

 


 

“Peace brings with it so many positive emotions that it is worth aiming for in all circumstances.”

-Estella Eliot

 


 

“There is “what is” only when there is no comparison at all, and to live with what is, is to be peaceful.”

-Bruce Lee

 


 

“Forgiveness equals inner peace – more peaceful people equals more world peace.”

-Richard Branson

 


 

“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.”

-George Carlin

 


 

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

-Ronald Reagan

 


 

“Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.”

-Epictetus

 


 

“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”

-St Francis of Assisi

 


 

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

-Robert J. Sawyer

 


 

“I think it’s naive to pray for world peace if we’re not going to change the form in which we live.”

-Godfrey Reggio

 


 

“The answer lies within ourselves. If we can’t find peace and happiness there, it’s not going to come from the outside.”

-Tenzin Palmo

 


 

“Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating — these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.”

-Wayne Dyer

 


 

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”

-Aristotle

 


 

“Peace can become a lens through which you see the world. Be it. Live it. Radiate it out. Peace is an inside job.”

-Wayne Dyer

 


 

“They call it “peace of mind” but maybe it should be called “peace from mind”.”

-Navil Ravikant

 


 

“Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.”

-Thomas a Kempis

 


 

“There is no ‘way to peace,’ there is only ‘peace.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

 


 

“Don’t search for anything except peace. Try to calm the mind. Everything else will come on its own.”

-Baba Hari Das

 


 

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

-Nelson Mandela

 


 

“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.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt

 


 

“Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.”

-Martin Luther

 


 

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

-Dalai Lama

 


 

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

-Lyndon B. Johnson

 


 

“Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.”

-Lin Yutang

 


 

“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”

-Dalai Lama

 


 

“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”

-Maha Ghosananda

 


 

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

-Malcolm X

 


 

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

-Dale Carnegie

 


 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

-Jimi Hendrix