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“How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is inseparable from righteousness, unites us to God and strengthens us against temptations. The peace of the soul consists in an absolute resignation to the will of God.”

World Different Soul Passion Peace Conscience Absolutes Calm Gods Will Temptation Preserves Purity Righteousness Inseparable Resignation

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal. But it is one towards which we must continue to journey, our eyes fixed on it as a traveller in a desert fixes his eyes on the one guiding star that will lead him to salvation.”

World Eye Stars Peace Goal Journey Absolutes Salvation Desert Fixed His Eyes Our World Traveller Unattainable Guiding Stars

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.”

War States Peace Numbers Economy Society Pride Absolutes Anti War Antiwar Dominion Swelling

Book:The Ethics of Liberty

Source: The Ethics of Liberty

“There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.”

War Peace Depends Circumstances Absolutes

Book:My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography

Source: My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography

“War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.”

War Ends Wanted Peace Absolutes Antiwar Slides Damnation

Book:Vorkosigan's Game

Source: Vorkosigan's Game

“Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?”

Kind War Values Asks Peace Absolutes

Book:Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? : Reflections on Justice and Nationhood

Source: Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East? : Reflections on Justice and Nationhood

“Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes it is love that will save our world and civilization; love even for our enemies.”

World Peace Enemy Civilization Demand Survival Absolutes Our World Dreamer Loving You Pious Utopian Loving Your Enemies

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.