Peace Quotes

"Effort and strain are the enemies of grace."

"All conflict arises from the belief that you know what is best."

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

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

"The cucumber is bitter. Put it down. There are briars in the road. Go around them. That's all you need to know."

"Receive without arrogance, release without struggle."

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

"Make the best of what is within your power, and take the rest as it comes."

"To eat bread and water with contentment is more pleasant than to feast on delicacies with anxiety."

"Never say death is evil; it is a release from pain."

"The pain of the body is trifling if the mind is at ease."

"Do not despise the humble station in life if it brings you peace and security."

"To live humbly is to live securely, for the humble are not envied or attacked."

"Ambition and desire are the enemies of the sage."

"Seek harmony, not for yourself but for all."

"To be at peace is to be at home everywhere."

"Peace comes not from avoiding conflict but from understanding it."

"All human conflict stems from ignorance of what we share in common."

"When all are content, the state prospers."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom; to accept oneself is the path to peace."

"The greatest victory is won not with the sword but with the heart."

"Do not allow the deep to possess your mind, nor the heights to disturb your equanimity."

"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please."

"Do not stir the fire with iron."

"Harmony is its own reward."

"Unnecessary desire is the enemy of peace."

"Opposition brings concord."

"Harmony is hidden, not obvious."

"Embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness. Curb desires."

"Free yourself from the concepts of right and wrong; then you will know peace."