7,293 Quotes About Peace

O miracle—thus to be able to give [peace] we ourselves do not possess, sweet miracle of our empty hands!

It was a music of the spirit, seeking peace, not emotional release, expressing the hunger of the soul rather than the heart. A way of sequencing notes so ancient it might be music's mother lode, its Fertile Crescent. It wouldn't have grated, I felt, on the ears of ancient Greeks or Egyptians or Mesopotamians or Sumerians—or even on the august auditory equipment of the Buddha or Lao-tzu.

It seems to her [Saint Catherine of Siena] that the devil has this world in his power, not by his own will, for he is powerless, but through our help because we obey him. The evil aroma rising from the ... wars which are waged by Christians against Christians, are the same as war against God. ... Peace, peace, for the sake of the love of the crucified Christ, and not war; that is the only solution.

Fill your heart with love. Forgive and let go. Not necessarily because those who mistreated you deserve it, but because you do. Let forgiveness liberate you from your past. Allow it to take away all the resentment you’ve kept in your heart for all this time and allow it to fill in that empty space with love. Forgive, release and let go.

Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

The woman must be restored to her rightful place, as the strong, loving maternal leader of peace and reason.

Always keep a pray for a pure heart, there lies your peace.

If you pray for thy neighbour, you sow a seed of love in thy heart.

Only in making peace - with ourselves, with others, and the world - will any of us find the life we are hoping for.