Quotes about Peace

We are old; you cannot understand that, that you will or can ever reach a time when you can bear so much and no more; that nothing else is worth the bearing; that you not only cannot, you will not; that nothing is worth anything but peace, peace, peace, even with bereavement and grief—nothing!

Some of the dumbest things we do are done out of anger and bitterness when someone has wronged us.

We can never have enough of nature.

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.

There can be no very black misery to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.

Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against the man.

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note — torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

My goal is GOD HIMSELF. Not joy, not peace, not even blessing but HIMSELF...my GOD.