Peace Quotes

"Perfection is not just about control. It is also about letting go."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"You are not harmed by being treated unjustly; you are harmed only when you believe you are."

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.'"

"Nowhere is there a retreat more perfect for a man than his own soul."

"An unjust peace is better than a just war."

"The person who finds peace has discovered that external circumstances matter far less than internal understanding."

"The person who has achieved peace has learned that most conflicts arise from misunderstanding rather than genuine opposition."

"The greatest good is the absence of pain and fear."

"To live hidden is the surest path to tranquility."

"Peace is the tranquility of order."

"True peace comes not from the absence of conflict but from justice."

"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

"Blessed is the man who lives out his days without the awareness of guilt."

"The secret is prayer, sacrifice, work, and peace."

"In the church, unity in essentials, liberty in doubtful things, and charity in all things."

"Do not demand that things should happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do."

"If a thought arises that is not in your control, do not struggle with it, simply let it pass."

"Take away your opinion, and you have taken away your offense."

"The superior man is calm before all things."

"I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war."

"An unjust peace is better to none at all."

"Trouble yourself not with the affairs of others and with events beyond your control. Attend instead to your own business and your own path."

"Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us."

"Today I escaped anxiety. Or wait—I discarded it, because it was within me, not in my surroundings."

"The greatest pleasure lies not in the feast but in the freedom to choose not to feast."

"A quiet conscience is worth more than a thundering legacy."

"When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten."

"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go."