Peace Quotes

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

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"Peace is the goal of all nations."
Thomas Hardy
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"I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing."
Oscar Wilde
"In the meantime, let us not lose our heads."
Samuel Beckett
"All the worlds are mine and I begrudge no one his."
Samuel Beckett
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of understanding."
James Joyce
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"A person is happy when they find peace with themselves and others."
Leo Tolstoy
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"By cultivating inner peace, we cultivate the peace of the world."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Peace is found not in the absence of conflict but in the acceptance of it."
Thomas Hardy
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"Peace begins within the individual."
Anne Brontë
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"Peace is the reward of righteousness."
Anne Brontë
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"Why should we desire the gods when we have the spirit of the place?"
William Butler Yeats
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"Happiness is not always of strength or intellect, but of peace."
William Butler Yeats
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"To be at peace with oneself is to have overcome the greatest enemy."
William Butler Yeats
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"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I love my country too well to be a nationalist."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I wanted really to leave the room quietly and go home."
James Joyce
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"The moment of surrender is the moment of salvation."
James Joyce
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"The greatest power is the power of forgetting."
James Joyce
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"There is a power in silence that words can never express."
Anne Brontë
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"The pursuit of peace within ourselves precedes peace with others."
Anne Brontë
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"Silence is not absence, but presence of a different kind."
Anne Brontë
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"Forgiveness is often an act of self-preservation disguised as virtue."
Thomas Hardy
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"Peace is often purchased at the cost of justice."
Thomas Hardy
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"Wear the world as a loose garment."
George Eliot
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"I would find peace in knowing that you know me."
Emily Brontë
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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I find peace in the acceptance of what cannot be altered."
Anne Brontë
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"Peace comes from within, not from the world."
Emily Brontë
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but acceptance of its inevitability."
Thomas Hardy
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"Peace demands the surrender of cherished grievances."
Thomas Hardy