Peace Quotes

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

20711 quotes

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"I have found my peace at last."
Jane Eyre
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"Meditation and water are wedded forever"
Ishmael
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"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."
Jane Eyre
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"Better that these stone faces should frown upon my rest than the living should avenge"
Sydney Carton
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"One cannot be at peace without understanding oneself."
Pip
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"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict but from acceptance."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I am not merry, but I am not sad."
Sancho Panza
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"Blessed are the peacemakers."
Don Quixote
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"Peace comes only to those who have transcended their anger."
Abbé Faria
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"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows, hear all he hears, nor believe all he believes."
Sancho Panza
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"For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy."
Ishmael
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"I am neither happy nor unhappy; I am calm"
Edmond Dantès
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"The wounds of peace are preferable to the victories of war."
Don Quixote
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"Everything that matters in life comes down to finding peace within yourself."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I have forgotten what it is to have been at rest"
Miss Havisham
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"Peace is a virtue of the strong."
Don Quixote
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"The greatest happiness is when a man finds peace in his own heart."
Levin
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"If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no wars."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Ambition is the death of peace."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"She was no longer interested in being happy; she only wanted peace."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
L
"Every person must make peace with their own past."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"Peace comes from acceptance, not from understanding."
Sonya
S
"The soul cannot rest without peace"
Sonya
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"The peace of the virtuous is the sleep of the innocent."
Don Quixote
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"Forgiveness is a luxury we cannot always afford."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"How can the spirit of a man be at peace if he knows he has done wrong?"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from acceptance."
Abbé Faria
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"Peace comes not from the absence of struggle, but from acceptance"
Levin
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"He discovered that peace comes from within, not from circumstance"
Levin
D
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the mastery of it."
Don Quixote