Quotes about Peace

People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.

In the lonely hours, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about eternal things. I have contemplated the comforting doctrines of eternal life.

I never hold a grudge.

The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.

The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.

Heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

No, really: I can't fight, I never could. I can't bring myself to dislike anyone enough.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself

Contented speckled hens, industriously scratching for the rarely-found corn, may sometimes do more for a sick heart than a grove of nightingales; there is something irresistibly calming in the unsentimental cheeriness of top-knotted pullets, unpetted sheep-dogs, and patient cart-horses enjoying a drink of muddy water.

Ah, I often think it's wi' th' old folks as it is wi' the babbies, said Mrs. Poyser; they're satisfied wi' looking, no matter what they're looking at. It's God A'mighty's way o' quietening 'em, I reckon, afore they go to sleep.