7,293 Quotes About Peace

We sleep soundly in our beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to do violence on those who would harm us"Orwell cited Kipling's phrase "making mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep" (Kipling, Tommy), and further noted that Kipling's "grasp of function, of who protects whom, is very sound. He sees clearly that men can be highly civilized only while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them." (1942)

Death on the cross raised many doubts in the people. Having some bruises on the hands and feet. But it would've been a different story if the methods of hanging was involved. Simply, because it is the most peaceful death that doesn't involve the shedding of the blood.

God bless all mankind with faith, hope, love, joy and peace.

Kama mwanadamu una haki ya msingi kuwa na amani katika maisha.

Amani ya nafsi ni zaidi ya amani ya kisiasa. Amani ya kisiasa itaweza kupatikana endapo watu watakuwa na amani ndani ya mioyo yao. Watu wakiithamini amani na kuielewa watayafurahia maisha yao, na mataifa yakiithamini amani na kuielewa yatastawi. Vita hutengenezwa ndani ya mioyo ya watu. Ukiitafuta amani ndani ya moyo wako, taifa halitasimama kupigana na taifa, amani itaweza kupatikana.

I have just lost my reason for fighting so hard. How do I go on now, without my thing to fight for?' And he whispered into my ear, he said: 'Maybe it's time to stop fighting.

Everyone has the power to make a difference, to themselves and others, and to our world.

Weapons never stay in their boxes. Once a weapon has been manufactured, sooner or later someone will use it. If it were possible to bring about true and lasting peace by force of arms, then we should turn all our factories into weapons factories. But that is impossible. Even though it is difficult to try to bring about peace through inner transformation, it is the only way of establishing sustainable peace in the world.

I felt the kind of peace you feel when you come in from a hot afternoon and pour cold water over your feet.