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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• 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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  You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

  Virginia Woolf

  Life, Meaningful, Peace

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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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• You can't find peace by avoiding life.

  Michael Cunningham

  Peace, Avoiding Death, Avoiding Pain

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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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• True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God and will be deep and passing all understanding in the exact measure in which we live in and partake of the love of God.

  Alexander MacLaren

  Understanding, God Love, Trouble

  Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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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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• What has been attained may again be lost. Only when you realise the true peace, the peace you have never lost, that peace will remain with you for it was never away. Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what is it that you have never lost. That which is there before the beginning and after the ending of everything, to That there is no birth nor death. That Immovable state, which is not affected by the birth and death of a body or a mind, that state you must perceive.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Mind, Body, May

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• True peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward.

  Jean Vanier

  Community, Born, Dialogue

  Jean Vanier (2003). “Finding Peace”, p.16, A&C Black

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• When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.

  Ronald Reagan

  Determination, Freedom, War

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.249, Simon and Schuster

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• The Noble Eight-Fold Path is the path of living in awareness. Mindfulness is the foundation. By practicing mindfulness, you can develop concentration, which enables you to attain understanding. Thanks to right concentration, you realize right awareness, thoughts, speech, action, livelihood and effort. The understanding which develops can liberate you from every shackle of suffering and give birth to true peace and joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Eight, Giving, Effort

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