Peace Quotes

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

20711 quotes

"Peace is possible."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Forgiveness is the path to inner peace."
François Mauriac
F
"The pursuit of perfection is the enemy of peace."
François Mauriac
F
"We are called to be instruments of peace."
François Mauriac
"Annihilate them by accepting them."
Mark Twain
N
"The greatest wealth is a peaceful mind."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
N
"True peace comes not from external circumstance but internal alignment."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Better is it to live one day peaceably than a thousand years in tumult."
Herman Melville
H
"In the lap of a sleeping sea, all motion is suspended and all sound is stilled."
Herman Melville
A
"I have no country; the whole world is my world."
Anatole France
"Peace is simply the absence of those brave enough to fight."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
F
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of understanding."
François Mauriac
F
"Peace begins with the acceptance of what we cannot change."
François Mauriac
E
"The Province of the Saved should be the Art of Contentation."
Emily Dickinson
E
"The sweet Serenity of settled Peace."
Emily Dickinson
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"There is in fact nothing more beautiful than the expression of a perfectly adjusted state of mind."
Henry James
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Mark Twain
"Let us lower our voices and sweeten our ideas."
Mark Twain
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."
Mark Twain
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"Meditation and water are wedded forever."
Herman Melville
"Peace is an interlude between wars, nothing more."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Peace is the enemy of progress and growth."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Peace begins within the heart."
Romain Rolland
"Peace is the highest good."
Romain Rolland
A
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Anatole France
F
"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from acceptance of it."
François Mauriac
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"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the acceptance of it"
Henry James
"Peace is not merely the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"I believe that the good people sleep better."
André Gide
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"Much of the ugliness of the world is due to the fact that people do not know how to sit down."
Nathaniel Hawthorne