Peace Quotes

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Abraham Lincoln

Under this tree, where light and shade speckle the grass like a Thrush's breast, here in this green and quiet place I give myself to peace and rest. The peace of my contented mind, that is to me a wealth untold

Unknown

Frank's chromosome conquered everywhere. Peace was guaranteed. By the end of another century's ruthless intermarriage, Russia and Asia were engulfed as thoroughly as Europe, and by the same loving methods. Billions of people: one consciousness.

Brian Wilson Aldiss

Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.

St. Augustine of Hippo

Im just as human as you. But its no use asking me for a final statement. As I say, I deal in tactics. Also statistics: for every year of peace there have been four hundred years of war.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood

Peace at home, peace in the world.

Mustafa Kemal Atatrk

The notion that God was everywhere put paid to any possible peace of mind by the time I was six.

Tom Baker

The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace'... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with.

Ehud Barak

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

Joan Chandos Bez

Human beings always say they prefer peace, but it takes a saint to talk us into not assaulting our neighbors.

John Barnes

Scipio had a clear grasp of what is just dawning on the mind of the world today that the true national object in war, as in peace, is a more perfect peace.

Scipio Africanus

Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are.

Hafsat Abiola

Peace, peace is what I seek and public calm, Endless extinction of unhappy hates.

Matthew Arnold

Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the citys jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar.

Matthew Arnold

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.

Pope Benedict XVI
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