Peace Quotes

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

20711 quotes

"I loathe the tent and the barrack; glory disgusts me."
Mary Shelley
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"Tolerance and respect allow the understanding of all phenomena."
Victor Hugo
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"Misery does not consist in a lack of pleasure, but in the lack of peace."
Victor Hugo
"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery."
Jane Austen
"No words can express the deep peace which comes from surrender."
William Wordsworth
"The greatest wealth is a peaceful mind."
William Wordsworth
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"Peace begins in the heart before it reaches the world."
Lord Byron
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"Calmness is the resting place of the wise."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of understanding."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
John Keats
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"I think we should rest our heads on something."
John Keats
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"Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail or knock the breast."
John Milton
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"Peace from strength and strength from peace."
John Milton
"There is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties."
William Wordsworth
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"This Lime-Tree Bower my Prison taught me that peace comes from acceptance."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"The price of peace is eternal vigilance."
John Milton
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of understanding."
John Milton
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"The setting sun will always set us to rights, or anything else."
John Keats
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"If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended"
William Shakespeare
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"There is no peace like the peace of conscience."
Lord Byron
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"The greatest monument is a satisfied conscience."
Lord Byron
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"Peace comes when your heart is at rest with itself."
Dante Alighieri
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but its resolution."
Dante Alighieri
"The path of righteousness, though narrow and difficult, leads to the only lasting peace."
William Wordsworth
"In quietness lies great power."
Geoffrey Chaucer
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"There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"The end of all knowing is to know ourselves. The end of all philosophy is peace."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"The restless mind will find no anchor in the world."
John Milton
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"Peace is the nurse of human labor and commerce."
John Milton