“Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it come quiet thoughts and quickened memories. And what else shall a man do except become reconciled? What purpose does he serve by fighting what he cannot touch or by brooding upon what he cannot change?” MenDoePurposeFightingPeaceMemoriesLove IsBlessingQuietReconciliationThose We LoveBroodingGreatest Blessings Author:Richard L. Evans
“We have to trust the Lord God for so many things, and it is but one thing more to trust him in the issues of life and death, and to accept the fact that his plans and promises and purposes transcend the bounds of this world and of this life. With such faith the years are kind, and peace and reconciliation do come to those who have laid to rest their loved ones - who, even in death, are not far removed from us, and of whom our Father in heaven will be mindful until we meet again even as we are mindful of our own children.” WorldYearsKindChildrenFactsPurposeFatherHeavenPeaceAcceptingLordIssuesPlansOne ThingThis WorldPromiseBoundsThis LifeLife And DeathLoved OnesReconciliationOur FatherFather In HeavenLord GodUntil We Meet Again Author:Richard L. Evans
“Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again. Please learn that as you wrestle with a challenge and feel sadness because of it, you can simultaneously have peace and rejoicing.” WayGivingFeelsTryingMatterAblePeaceChallengesLordSadnessPeriodsPleaseConcernAdversityWorthyAppropriateWhere You AreRejoice Author:Richard G. Scott
“Yes, pain, disappointment, frustration, and anguish can be temporary scenes played out on the stage of life. Behind them can be a background of peace and the positive assurance that a loving Father will keep His promises.” PainFatherPeaceBehindsStagePromiseSceneDisappointmentBackgroundsFrustrationTemporaryAnguishAssuranceStages Of Life Author:Richard G. Scott
“I paused to listen to the silence. My breath, crystallized as it passed my cheeks, drifted on a breeze gentler than a whisper. The wind vane pointed toward the South Pole. Presently the wind cups ceased their gentle turning as the cold killed the breeze. My frozen breath hung like a cloud overhead. The day was dying, the night was being born-but with great peace. Here were the imponderable processes and forces of the cosmos, harmonious and soundless. Harmony, that was it!” NightForcePeaceProcessBornSilenceDyingWindColdHarmonyBreathsSouthCloudsCupsGentleCosmosCheeksHungFrozenBreezeHarmoniousOverhead Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“O what their joy and their glory must be, Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant, for weary ones rest: God shall be all, and in all ever blest. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, vision of peace that brings hope evermore; wish and fulfillment shall severed be ne'er, nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.” JoyNamesWishPeacePrayerVisionGloryBlessedEndlessFulfillmentShoreCrownsWearyJerusalemSabbathValiantEvermore Author:Peter Abelard
“If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.” IfsFirstsEasyPeaceConflictProsperityOrdeals Book:In place of folly Source: In place of folly
“Humanity today is not safe in the presence of humanity. The old cannibalism has given way to anonymous action in which the killer and the killed do not know each other, and in which,indeed, the very fact of mass death has the effect of making mass killing less reprehensible than the death of a single individual. In short, we have evolved in every respect except our ability to protect ourselves against human intelligence. Our knowledge is vast but does not embrace the workings of peace.” KnowsWayHumansDoeFactsTodayActionHumanityIndividualGivenPeaceAbilityEffectsProtectSafeMassEmbraceKillingKillersHuman IntelligenceCannibalism Author:Norman Cousins
“But we have yet to make peace basic to our education. The most important subject in the world is hardly taught at all. In the spirit of this passage, the editor has taken the liberty of editing Mr. Cousins' language to make it more gender inclusive.” WorldImportantSpiritLanguagePeaceLibertyTakenSubjectsTaughtGenderEditorsPassagesEditingCousinMaking Peace Author:Norman Cousins
“Ere you lie down to sleep in the night, sit still awhile, and nurse again to life your gentler self. Forget the restless, noisy spirit of the day, and encourage to speech the soft voices within you that timidly whisper of the peace of the quiet night; and occasionally look out at the quiet stars. The night will soothe you like a tender mother, folding you against her soft bosom, and hiding you from the harm of the world.” WorldLooksStillsSelfSpiritLyingMotherNightStarsPeaceVoiceSleepForgetQuietSpeechHarmHidingNurseWithin YouRestlessBosomsYou AgainNoisyFolding Author:Max Ehrmann