True Peace Quotes

• True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Peace, Kings

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.55, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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• There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

  John Wooden

  Faith, Peace, Prayer

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• There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

  Black Elk

  Inspirational, Life, Peace

  "The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux" by Black Elk, 1953.

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  You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

  Virginia Woolf

  Life, Meaningful, Peace

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• Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

  Barack Obama

  Peace, Kings, Powerful

  Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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  When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• From the world’s perspective, there are many places you can go to find comfort. But there is only one place you will find a hand to catch your tears and a heart to listen to your every longing. True peace comes only from God.

  Charles Stanley

  Heart, Hands, Perspective

  Charles Stanley (2005). “Into His Presence: An In Touch Devotional”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

  Etty Hillesum

  Peace, World, Moral Duty

  Etty Hillesum (1985). “An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”

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• It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Peace, War

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.68, Beacon Press

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• It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Acceptance

  1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.

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• Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

  Etty Hillesum

  Peace, World, Moral

  Etty Hillesum (1985). “An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”

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• You cannot find peace by avoiding life, Leonard.

  Michael Cunningham

  Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

  "The Hours". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• You can't find peace by avoiding life.

  Michael Cunningham

  Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

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• Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Christian, Jesus, People

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• Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Peace, Grief, Fall

  Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, Thomas A'Kempis (2006). “The Confessions of St. Augustine, Including the Imitation of Christ”, p.300, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We can go through our whole lives worrying about our future happiness, and totally miss where true peace lives-right here, right now.

  Peter Russell

  Spiritual, Worry, Missing

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• True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

  Desmond Tutu

  Commitment, Rights, Ethnicity

  "Divesting From Injustice" by Desmond Tutu, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2010.

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• True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Adversity, Gods Will, Separating

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• Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Christian, Jesus, Blessed

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• In seeking true peace some of us need to improve what has to be improved, confess what needs to be confessed, forgive what needs to be forgiven, and forget what should be be forgotten in order that serenity can come to us.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Order, Serenity, Forgiving

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• To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Men, Winning, Order

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• Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Rights, People, Development

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

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• True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

  Lin Yutang

  Mean, Thinking, Perception

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• To the extent that you eliminate ego from your activities, God comes into them - but no more and no less. Begin with that, and let it cost you your uttermost. In this way, and no other, is true peace to be found.

  Meister Eckhart

  Ego, Cost, Way

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• True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances.

  John Templeton

  Peace, Relax, Quality

  John Templeton (1994). “Discovering Laws Of Life: Tfp”, p.41, Templeton Foundation Press

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