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“A warless world will come as men develop warless hearts.”
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is just out of grasp. But if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
“This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.”
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
“Live and let Live.”
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
“Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon the verdant green hills is the most perfect refreshment.”
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
“Peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
“Better to live in peace than to begin a war and lie dead.”
“First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”
“If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
“Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking, without the need to look back. No shock, no drama, just the lifting of a plank or two in a simple wooden gate in a clearing. Neither pain, nor floods of light, nor great voices, but just the silent crossing of a meadow.”
“Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquillity -- instead of anger and resentment.”
“Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.”
“Do not arouse disdainful mind when you prepare a broth of wild grasses, do not arouse joyful mind when you prepare a fine cream soup.”
“Chowder breathes reassurance. It steams consolation.”
“It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. ”
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