Peace Quotes

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

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"Maybe being average is its own kind of peace."
Charlie Gordon
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"One cannot have true dialogue with an enemy."
Shevek
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"Nations! What are they but schools of hatred?"
Shevek
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"I sought to reach Nirvana, to die, to stop suffering."
Siddhartha
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"Walls are unnecessary when there are no thieves"
Takver
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"The lambs have stopped screaming now."
Clarice Starling
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"I have become aware of the Self, and with it I have found peace."
Siddhartha
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"You rest not except in oblivion, and you dream not except in dreams."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"I do not despise the world, I do not despise myself, I do not despise anything."
Siddhartha
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"In silence, I found a voice louder than any word."
Siddhartha
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"Perfection is not the absence of flaws, but the acceptance of them."
Siddhartha
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"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Once you settle the question of dying, it's easier to live."
Morrie Schwartz
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"The reason you're always tired is that you're torn between where you think you should be and where you actually are."
Chiang
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"I have learned to love the world, not by fighting it, but by surrendering to it."
Siddhartha
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"By desiring nothing, everything comes to me."
Siddhartha
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"The crowning experience of all, for the homecoming man, is the wonderful feeling that he can take things easy now."
Viktor Frankl
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"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others."
Morrie Schwartz
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"There was something different about Morrie now—something peaceful despite everything."
Mitch Albom
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"Seek nothing. Expect nothing. Surrender to what is."
Govinda
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"To find peace, one must first know oneself completely."
Siddhartha
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"I see now that there is no enemy but my own resistance to what is"
Siddhartha
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"In silence, one hears the voice of eternity"
Siddhartha
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"And some of you are like still waters that reflect the stars."
The Prophet (Almustafa)
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"I don't allow myself to have hatred. It's too big a burden to carry."
Morrie Schwartz
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"Detach yourself. It's very simple. You detach yourself from the wish that others make the right choices."
Morrie Schwartz
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"To abandon the world is not to find peace; to understand it is."
Siddhartha
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"Forgive yourself before you die."
Morrie Schwartz
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"You cannot get bitter. You will just make yourself sick."
Morrie Schwartz