HAPPY INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY!
Peace is within each of us choosing to have peaceful thoughts, words, and actions. Let the following 35 peace quotes inspire you into finding peace in your body, mind, and spirit.
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
– Albert Einstein
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Buddha
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha
“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
– Dalai Lama
“Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” – Dalai Lama
“If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
– Desmond Tutu
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Peace is our gift to each other.” – Elie Wiesel
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”
– Francis of Assisi
“You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.” – George Michael
“Other people do not need to change in order for us to experience peace of mind.”
– Gerald Jampolsky
“I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.” – Gerald Jampolsky
“Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.” – Gerald Jampolsky
“When the power of LOVE overcomes the LOVE of power the world will know peace.”
– Jimi Hendrix
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
– John F. Kennedy
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.” – John Lennon
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace is it’s own reward.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Those who LOVE peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Peace begins with a smile.” – Mother Teresa
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
– Mother Teresa
“The way of peace is the way of LOVE. LOVE is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.” – Peace Pilgrim
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” – Peace Pilgrim
“This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.” – Peace Pilgrim
“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
“Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
“Peace – it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It does mean to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” – Unknown
“Peace is always beautiful.” – Walt Whitman
“A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.” – Wayne Dyer
“Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.” – Wayne Dyer
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” – Wayne Dyer
