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“When it is peace, then we may view again With new-won eyes each other's truer form And wonder. Grown more loving-kind and warm We'll grasp firm hands and laugh at the old pain When it is peace. But until peace, the storm The darkness and the thunder and the rain.”

Kind May Hands Eye Pain Form Peace Views Wonder Darkness Laughing Rain Warm Storm Firm Thunder

Book:Marlborough and Other Poems

Source: Marlborough and Other Poems

“The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.”

Giving Should Heart Hands Pain Speak Heaven Peace Kindness Trouble One Thing Goodness All Things Deeds Treasure Thee Peacefulness

Author:Philip James Bailey

“It is difficult to explain to children in the "overdeveloped" nations that not all children in the world have such beautiful and nourishing food. Awareness of this fact alone can help us overcome many of our own psychological pains. Eventually our contemplation can help us see how to assist those who need our help so much.”

World Needs Children Facts Helping Pain Beautiful Nations Peace Difficult Awareness Overcoming Psychological Contemplation Psychological Pain

Author:Nhat Hanh

“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.”

Pain Father Peace Behinds Stage Promise Scene Disappointment Backgrounds Frustration Temporary Anguish Assurance Stages Of Life

Author:Richard G. Scott

“We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.”

People Knows Hands Pain Peace Sides Painful Committed Compromise Both Sides

Author:Ariel Sharon

“It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.”

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

Source: Diary: A Novel

“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”

“Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.”

Ifs May Doe Soul Pain Suffering Peace Spring Remains This Life Preserves Firm Midst Submissive Acquiescence Exemption

Author:Francois Fenelon

“There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence. There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder; robberies that leave man or woman for ever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer --committed to no sound except that of low moans in the night, seen in no writing except that made on the face by the slow months of suppressed anguish and early morning tears. Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.”

“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.”

“Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us.”

Hard Pain Grows Peace Hurt Justice Loss Hard Work Comfort Fruit Shelter Certitude

Book:Finding Peace

Source: Finding Peace

“An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.”

World Love Pain Hope Peace Courage Emotional And Love Increase Oneself Conflict Resolution Acts Of Love Hope And Love Acts Of Courage Love And Courage

Author:Dorothy Day