Peace Quotes

Not just the absence of war, but the presence of justice, understanding, and inner calm.

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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of acceptance."
William Faulkner
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"Peace comes not from absence of conflict, but from acceptance and understanding."
Langston Hughes
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"Peace is a choice we make every day."
Langston Hughes
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"Forget her. Life is better when you stop wanting."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"There's nothing to worry about."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Peace is the greatest wealth."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"I think what the unexamined life reveals, finally, is that no one is free until we are all free."
James Baldwin
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"Hatred is just a crutch. Why not try walking without it for a change?"
James Baldwin
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"Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die."
Pearl S. Buck
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"Harmony cannot be achieved through force or fear, only through understanding."
Pearl S. Buck
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Sinclair Lewis
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"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."
John Steinbeck
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"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."
Ernest Hemingway
"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our own thoughts."
Theodore Dreiser
"Peace comes from within."
Theodore Dreiser
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"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will hurt your enemy."
Pearl S. Buck
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"The person who interprets life as a struggle is the enemy of peace."
Pearl S. Buck
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of understanding."
Pearl S. Buck
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"War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."
Edith Wharton
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"I should like to be a large, calm, placid person."
Edith Wharton
"I like to walk out in the pastures and look at the land."
Willa Cather
"A feeling of antagonism might still persist, but it was absorbed in a larger feeling of fellowship."
Willa Cather
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"The world is full of people breaking in upon you. Protection for privacy is health."
Ernest Hemingway
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"Writing about war teaches you about peace."
Ernest Hemingway
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of understanding."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Peace begins within the individual and radiates outward."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Peace is achieved not through absence of conflict, but through acceptance of it."
Theodore Dreiser
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"Silence may be golden, but it can also be deadly."
Edith Wharton
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"There is a certain grace in accepting what cannot be changed."
Edith Wharton
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"The beauty of forgiveness is that it frees both the giver and the receiver."
Edith Wharton