Peaceful Quotes - Page 15

• Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.

  Nelson Mandela

  Differences, People, Together

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.88, Pan Macmillan

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• Other writers of history recorded the fighting of wars waged for the sake of children and country and other possessions. But our narrative of the government of God will record in ineffaceable letters the most peaceful wars waged in behalf of the peace of the soul.

  Eusebius

  Country, Children, War

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• A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling].

  Robin Williams

  Golf, Cycling, Want

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• It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.

  Woodrow Wilson

  War, Heart, Fighting

  Address to Joint Session of Congress asking for declaration of war, 2 Apr. 1917

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• Live without envy, spend your peaceful years
  Unknown to fame, and choose your peers for friends.

  Ovid

  Friendship, Years, Envy

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• If all would lead their lives in love like me,
  Then bloody swords and armor should not be;
  No drum nor trumpet peaceful sleeps should move,
  Unless alarm came from the camp of love.

  Thomas Campion

  Love, Moving, Sleep

  Thomas Campion (1909). “The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion”

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• Ultimately, only diplomacy can bring about a durable solution to the challenge posed by Iran's nuclear program. As President and Commander in Chief, I will do what is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully, rather than rush towards conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, Wisdom, Spring

  "Obama admits Israel has good reason for scepticism over Iran nuclear deal" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2013.

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• The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

  Vartan Gregorian

  Peace, Book, Technology

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• The industrial world would be a more peaceful place if workers were called in as collaborators in the process of establishing standards and defining shop practices, matters which surely affect their interests and well-being fully as much as they affect those of employers and consumers.

  Mary Barnett Gilson

  Practice, Matter, Defining

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• We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, Usa, Nuclear

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Attitude, Giving

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• 50-100 years from now we are all going to be eating a plant based diet. Whether that happens through a catastrophe or a peaceful sustainable life giving way is based on whether we make the right choices now and how we fight in this struggle together.

  Mark Bittman

  Struggle, Fighting, Years

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• When I'm doing well, it's like I'm in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It's very peaceful.

  Barry Zito

  Nice, Ballet, Littles

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• I would like to address the peoples of the world, especially the Arab peoples and the US people. Their silence over the violations against the oppressed Iraqi people who suffered greatly cannot be accepted by any fair-minded and zealous person. Therefore, all must take these violations seriously and express themselves even through peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins and protests. I urge those people to distance themselves from their rulers who support the West and the occupation forces.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Distance, People, Silence

  "'I'm ready to die' - Moqtada Sadr". Interview with Lebanese Hezbollah TV al-Manar in the Iraqi city of Najaf, news.bbc.co.uk. April 13, 2004.

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• For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

  Paul the Apostle

  Yield, Discipline, Fruit

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• I see little hope for a peaceful world until men are excluded from the realm of foreign policy altogether and all decisions concerning international relations are reserved for women, preferably married ones.

  W. H. Auden

  Men, Decision, World

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• You only need to walk in mindfulness, making peaceful, happy steps on our planet. Breathe deeply, and enjoy your breathing. Be aware that the sky is blue and the birds' songs are beautiful. Enjoy being alive and you will help the living Christ and the living Buddha continue for a long, long time.

  Nhat Hanh

  Happy, Beautiful, Song

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.59, Penguin

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• An everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that which a peaceful mind and contented heart afford.

  Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

  Heart, Imagination, Heaven

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• If you expect your life to be full of ups and downs, then your mind will be much more peaceful.

  Thubten Yeshe

  Life, Mind, Ups & Downs

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• So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity.

  Wayne Teasdale

  War, Past, Thinking

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• It can be helpful to remember that the enlightened mind and the ordinary mind are two sides of the same coin. The mind is like the sea, which can be rough on the surface, with mountainous waves stirred up by ferocious wind, but calm and peaceful at the bottom. Sometimes we can catch sight of this peaceful mind even in times of trouble. These glimpses of peace show us that we may have more inner resources to draw upon than we had realized. With skill and patience, we can learn how to be in touch with our peaceful selves.

  Tulku Thondup

  Life Changing, Sight, Self

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• Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Mind, Wish, Speech

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.

  Charlotte Moss

  Home, Keys, Design

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• This habit of free speaking at ladies' lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital unhappiness. Could society be deaf and dumb and Congress abolished for a season, what a happy and peaceful life one could lead!

  M. E. W. Sherwood

  Happy, Divorce, Lunch

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• A dog can bite you but you must not bite the dog! Your every movement in life must be peaceful; otherwise you lose your ethical superiority! Nonviolent civil disobedience is a genius; no power can beat it; use it when necessary!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Dog, Genius

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