“Of course there is no veneer, the process is one of growth, and primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.”
Source: The Left Hand of Darkness
“If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more peaceful, better place where success in all forms is abundant and available to all.”
Source: A Gift to my Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing
“Though all the guns be silenced,
each soldier in his home,
There is no peace till Love comes,
till the meek may safely roam.”
Source: The Washington Poems
“Did someone just call me the wine dude?” he asked in a lazy drawl. “It’s Bacchus, please. Or Mr. Bacchus. Or Lord Bacchus. Or, sometimes, Oh-My-Gods-Please-Don’t-Kill-Me, Lord Bacchus.”
Source: The Mark of Athena
“Do they do this in California?" he asked.
"You'd get arrested for disturbing the peace."
He thought for a moment, and said, "We don't have any peace.”
Source: Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction
“Peace begins with you: your thoughts, actions, and beliefs, in this moment. When you shift your perspective, you transform your experience.”
Source: Quiet the Itty Bitty Shitty Committee: Five Self-Love Tools to Silence Your Inner Critic and Reclaim Your Worth
“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace.
"No hay pedo," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no trouble here," which can only be translated as "There is no fart between us.”
Source: Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction
“Protecting your peace is not selfish. It is how you return to yourself.”
Source: What They Never Saw: A Healing Workbook for Women to Rebuild Self-Trust, Set Boundaries, and Protect Their Peace
“Flow can help you experience more peace,
passion, purpose, and everyday miracles.”
“Over the years, I have chased that glow but in vain. I sometimes feel we don’t chase after new things. Often, while sifting through new attractions, we seek the peace we once knew, living in an unhurried time where we were what we were.”
Source: Fourteen Springs of Separation