Of one thing

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure.

~George Melton

People

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

~ Indira Gandhi

It is better

"It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence."

~Mahatma Ghandi

I object

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Those who make

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
Will make violent revolution inevitable.

~John F. Kennedy

There is

"There is no opponent."

~ Bruce Lee

Once they've got you

"Once they've got you violent,
then they know how to handle you."

- John Lennon

A man who is

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti

In the sky

In the sky, there is no distinction between East and West;
people create distinctions in their own minds
and then believe them to be true.

~Buddha

You can have

You can have peace.
Or you can have freedom.
Don't ever count on having both at once.

~Robert A. Heinlein

Witches...

We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humor. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think.

~Margot Adler

When there is

When there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person;
When there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the home;
When there is harmony in the home, there is honour in the nation;
When there is honour in the nation, there is peace in the world.

~Old Chinese Proverb

Wars based on principle

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

~Alan Watts

The enemy?

The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he comes from, and if he really was evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home, and would he not rather have stayed there... in peace? War will make corpses of us all.

~Faramir, The Lord of the Rings

If you are pained

“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.”

-- Marcus Aurelius

When there is light

When there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person;
When there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the home;
When there is harmony in the home, there is honour in the nation;
When there is honour in the nation, there is peace in the world.

~Old Chinese Proverb

In truth

"In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages."

-- Swami Brahmanada

Peace is not won

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

- Katherine Paterson

Peace comes

"Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it."

~ Unknown

I could

I could see peace instead of this.

~Course in Miracles©