#peace

"Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do."

"How many fears came between us?Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hellrained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.Horror tore this world asunder.While inside the bleeding smokeand beyond the shredded weeping fleshwe memorized tales of infinite good.--from The History Lesson"

"I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go."

"Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold."

"Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism."

"What if guns shot clouds, rather than bullets? Then they’d not only be peaceful, but they’d be delayed water guns. Is there a Nobel Farm Prize?"

"We will not be able to find peace if our minds are burning with the fires of resentment. Let us forgive and forget to create peace."

"For a day, just for one day,Talk about that which disturbs no oneAnd bring some peace into yourBeautiful eyes."

"It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace."

"Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence."

"and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful."

"The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man."

"Have love for your inner Self and everything else is done for you."

"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool."

"If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else."

"As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind."

"One who will not accept solitude, stillness and quiet recurring moments...is caught up in the wilderness of addictions; far removed from an original state of being and awareness. This is 'dis-ease."

"No one is to blame because there is no one other than you. Nothing is to disrespect because there is nothing other than you."

"The ultimate source of comfort and peace is within ourselves."

"Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?"