Peaceful Thoughts
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Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Light is stronger than darkness. Life is stronger than death." |
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine De Saint-Exupery |
Life must be lived forward, but understood backward. Kierkegaard |
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. * Buddha |
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. * Einstein |
"'What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it...." |
"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there is in silence...." Max Ehrmann, Desiderata. |
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time" T.S. Eliot |
Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not, ourselves, find Peace * Albert Schweitzer |
Live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 2 Corinthians 13:11 |
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. * Martin Luther King, Jr. |
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer. * Black Elk |
| When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people? * Frank Borman |
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. * Moshe Dayan |
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. * Indira Gandhi |
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. Jimmy Carter |
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace. * Nikita Khrushchev |
People say that walking on water is a miracle, but to me, walking peacefully on the Earth is the real miracle. * Thich Nhat Hanh |
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. * Danish proverb |
| All we are saying is give peace a chance. John Lennon |
