Peace Quotes
“The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.”
“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.”
-- Gerald Jampolsky
“Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.”
-- Sydney Madwed
“I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out.”
-- George McGovern
“I started getting these attacks in 2009, just as my music career was taking off. I'd be doing photo-shoots and started to feel like I was having heart attacks. Increasingly I found it difficult to step outside my flat. Things started to get better after I saw a therapist, who told me I needed to make peace with my panic attacks.”
-- Ellie Goulding
“The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.”
-- Cat Stevens
“If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.”
-- Epictetus
“But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.”
-- Robert Falcon Scott