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“If we live in peace ourselves, we in turn may bring peace to others. A peaceable man does more good than a learned one.”

Ifs Men May Doe Wisdom Turns Peace

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“God is a peaceful ground of being. He is the energy of nonviolence. To ask Him to help is to ask Him to turn us into profoundly peaceful people.”

People Helping Turns Asks Energy Peace Peaceful Nonviolence

Book:Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage

Source: Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage

“Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An unnatural line runs through the heart of a very great and a very proud nation [Germany]. History warns us that until this harsh division has been resolved, peace in Europe will never be secure. We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generationand that unfinished task is making Europe whole again.”

Heart Has Beens Whole Running Turns Nations Peace Lines Violence Proud Europe Tasks Threat Secure Germany Division Harsh Restless Unnatural Unfinished

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“... [I]n any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.”

Mean War Turns Peace Victory Remains Circles Tides Reverse Nevertheless

Book:My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

Source: My Several Worlds: A Personal Record

“If ever peace is to be imposed on the world it will only be because a large number of men who could have taken part in the drill display by the Guards or Marines or at the Royal Tournament turn that strength and precision to the service of life.”

Ifs Men World Turns Peace Numbers Taken Display Royal Marine Tournaments Precision Large Numbers Drills

Book:Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia

Source: Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia

“Before it's too late, and time is running out, let us turn from trust in the chain reactions of exploding atoms to faith of the chain reaction of God's love. Love - love of God and fellow men. That is God's formula for peace.”

Men Running Turns Peace Late Fellows Reactions Chains God Love Too Late Formulas Atoms Fellow Man God's Love Exploding Before It's Too Late Time Is Running Out Chain Reactions

Author:Richard Cushing

“Child! Turn your face to the light, to the science, to the reason, to the truth, to the peace! Child! Be modern, be compassionate, be individual, and be independent! Child! Don't be the man of anyone or any system, don't believe in any religious stories, and don't ever be silent against any oppressor! Child, turn your face to the light and walk towards the light!”

Men Believe Children Reason Stories Light Faces Science Turns Individual Peace Religious Walks Modern He Man Independent Silent Don't Believe Your Face Compassionate Oppressors

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.”

Ifs Way Turns Peace Enjoy Crosses Thee Crowns Inward Everlasting Hold Fast Above And Below

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.”

Source: The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan

“A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...If the game runs sometime against us at home, we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake.”

“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.”

“You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.”

World Looks Enough Christian Turns Literature Peace Pieces Planets Battle Treats Down And Blow Biblical Documents Torn Civilisation Upside Down Containing Dynamite World Upside Down

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.”

World Firsts Believe Seems Turns Peace Lessons Solutions Roots Lessons To Be Learned

Book:Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943

Source: Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943

“All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from nonviolence you turn nonviolence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.”

People Ifs Ends Turns Force Peace Justice Source And Love Structure Killing Ideology Inspirational Love Nonviolence Liberating Source Of Life Gimmicks Justice And Love

Author:Jean Goss