Peace Quotes
Not just the absence of war, but the presence of justice, understanding, and inner calm.
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"Resentment is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die."Robert Frost
"Forgiveness is the great healer."Robert Frost
"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."Carl Sandburg
"At the still point of the turning world."T.S. Eliot
"Shantih, shantih, shantih—peace, peace, peace."T.S. Eliot
"We are all isolated in our own way. The trick is to stop fighting it."Sherwood Anderson
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of understanding."Sherwood Anderson
"Peace begins within the individual."Sherwood Anderson
"Peace is not the absence of struggle but the acceptance of it."Booth Tarkington
"Peace cannot exist where exploitation persists unchallenged."Upton Sinclair
"Forgive, forget. Life is too short to hold grudges."Robert Frost
"Peace of mind is worth more than wealth."Robert Frost
"One is not interested in being in a battle when one is not interested in being a battle."Gertrude Stein
"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come."Carl Sandburg
"Peace is an active practice, not a state."Toni Cade Bambara
"Peace can be made only by those who make war look small by comparison."T.S. Eliot
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the mastery of it."Ezra Pound
"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host but never the object of its displeasure."Maya Angelou
"Let this be the hour that we draw close each other's heart."Maya Angelou
"I recommend to you and to all, the advantages of sitting down to eat together."Maya Angelou
"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."Maya Angelou
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."Alice Walker
"I am keeping my spirit free of hate."Alice Walker
"The future of humanity rests in our ability to forgive."Alice Walker
"Peace is built through justice, not silence."Toni Cade Bambara
"A smile shared is a moment of peace in a troubled world."Carl Sandburg
"Peace begins with the decision to understand another's pain."Carl Sandburg
"Silence that means something is better than silence that does not."Gertrude Stein
"Sleep is a friend to despair."T.S. Eliot
"Peace is an active state, not a passive one."T.S. Eliot