Peace Quotes
Not just the absence of war, but the presence of justice, understanding, and inner calm.
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"Peace begins within and radiates outward to all around us."Alexandre Dumas
"Despair has its own calms."Mary Shelley
"Nothing contributes so much to tranquility of mind as having no opinion at all."Mary Shelley
"I am neither covetous nor ambitious."Mary Shelley
"Peace is an active construction, not mere absence of conflict."Émile Zola
"I wish to live as quietly as a hedgehog"John Keats
"I have not lost an hour's sleep over the matter."Charles Dickens
"The greatest gift is the ability to forget."Charles Dickens
"Peace is merely the absence of conflict; it is not true harmony."Honoré de Balzac
"Peace comes from within the soul."William Wordsworth
"Peace is not merely the absence of war."William Wordsworth
"The most powerful form of nonviolence is when you refuse to allow the oppressor to define you."Victor Hugo
"Tolerance is the highest law."Victor Hugo
"Peace begins where ambition ends."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Peace is a journey, not a destination."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind."Mary Shelley
"Acceptance is the path to peace."Mary Shelley
"Revenge is a dish best served cold, but forgiveness is a meal that nourishes the soul."Alexandre Dumas
"The price of peace is eternal responsibility."Alexandre Dumas
"To forgive is not to forget; it is to remember and choose peace anyway."Alexandre Dumas
"I prefer silence even of reproach to this imbecility of praise."Gustave Flaubert
"True peace is found not in the absence of conflict, but in the resolution of it."Honoré de Balzac
"Peace is the result of understanding, not merely the cessation of war."Honoré de Balzac
"Beyond the heated argument lies a cooling peace."John Keats
"The mind's internal heaven shall enjoy a peace profound."William Wordsworth
"Peace begins when we stop fighting ourselves."Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods"Lord Byron
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods"Lord Byron
"A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind."Mary Shelley
"The greatest and best good is tranquility of mind."Mary Shelley