P Quotes
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“Peace is only a thought away.”
Source: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
“Peace is only beautiful if you are on the winning side.”
“Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.”
“Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things "which cannot be shared," and if they raise themselves to a point where they adopt an abstract principle superior to their egotisms. In other words, it can only be obtained by a betterment of human morality.”
Source: The Treason of the Intellectuals
“Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.”
Source: The Treason of the Intellectuals
“Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace.”
“Peace is our gift to each other.”
“Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay.”
“Peace is our goal, but peace from strength, an enduring peace that will bring regional cooperation. What we have emphasized and agreed is that we are strategic partners. We are bound by common interests and will act together to ensure both the safety of United States and the safety of Afghanistan. That is the important consideration. Numbers are a means; they are not an end in themselves.”
“Peace is our inner wealth. This inner wealth we can bring to the fore only when we expect nothing from the outer world and everything from the Supreme Pilot within us, at God's Choice Hour”
Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga
“Peace is our natural state of being.”
Source: Tao te ching: a new translation & commentary
“Peace is our passion.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence
“Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace.”
“Peace is possible because it is today more than ever desperately necessary”
“Peace is possible for dead bodies, living bodies can not expect peace on the way to the victory.”
“Peace is precious like pearls.”
“Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?”
Source: Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? : Reflections on Justice and Nationhood
“Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.”
“Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything.”
Source: Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.”
“Peace is priceless. That is something to be incredibly grateful for.”
“Peace is produced by war.”
“Peace is prophetic — it rearranges your circle until it looks like covenant. You are Heaven’s treasure, not Earth’s convenience. God’s love defends you even when no one else does.”
“Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.”
“Peace is purchased in the currency of loss.”
Source: I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story
“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”
“Peace is restrained; this is free.”
“Peace is self-control at its widest-at the width where the "self" has been lost, and interest has been transferred to coordinations wider than personality.”
Source: Adventure of ideas
“Peace is simple, but it takes great courage to be simple and walk the path of peace.”
“Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.”
“Peace is something like happiness; you cannot say "I will be happy when..." and you can't say "I will be peaceful when..." Your happiness shouldn't depend on the situation you're in nor on the circumstances that surround you. In the same breath, you cannot wait for everything around you to become peaceful in order for you to say "I am peaceful." In both happiness and peace, there is a heart of strength, determination and steadfastness; a heart that has the power to make things happen. You have to be at peace. You have to be happy. Now.”
“Peace is something more than the absence of war, although some nations would be thankful for that alone today. A durable and equitable peace system requires equal development opportunities for all nations.”
Source: Peace: Writings and Speeches of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1971
“Peace is something spontaneous; it is something that unites us. Peace is something that we have to spread. But unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world.”
“Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling and fighting. True peace is not affected by the roaring of the world, outer or inner. This sea of peace is at our command if we practise the spiritual life.”
“Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.”
Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga
“Peace is something that we can bring about if we can actually learn to wake up a bit more as individuals and a lot more as a species; if we can learn to be fully what we actually already are; to reside in the inherent potential of what is possible for us, being human.”
“Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him”
Source: The Great Pearl of Wisdom
“Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.”
Source: Exposition of the Old and New Testament
“Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.”
Source: The Bitter Kingdom
“Peace is sweet, my lady… but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow.”
Source: A Game of Thrones
“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.”
“Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.”
Source: RICHARD HANNAY Complete Collection – 7 Mystery & Espionage Books in One Volume (Unabridged): The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages, The Island of Sheep, The Courts of the Morning & The Green Wildebeest
“Peace is the ability to see that it is not a crossing but a meeting of one another where kinship overrides differences. Peace is the ability to meet one another at a place of understanding.”
“Peace is the absence of war, but beyond that peace is a commodity unlike any other. Peace is security. Peace is a mindset. Peace is a way of living. Peace is the capacity to transcend past hurts - to break cycles of violence and forge new pathways that say, I would like to make sure we live as a community where there is justice, security, and development for all members. At the end of the day, peace is an investment; it is something you create by investing in a way of life and monitoring where your resources go.”
“Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.”
“Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.”
“Peace is the answer. Joy is the goal. Thanks is the prayer. Love is the road.”
Source: Every Day Spirit: A Daybook of Wisdom, Joy and Peace
“Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth. Peace is all of these and more and more.”
Source: Peace in the Making: The Menachem Begin - Anwar El-Sadat Personal Correspondence
“Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most easily paid, and that the revenue is most productive.”
Source: The Writings of James Monroe: 1817-1823
“Peace is the byproduct of understanding in conjunction with the ability to agree or disagree in harmony”