Quotes by Peace A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. Anais Nin good-morning love peace One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion. Anatol Rapoport war peace life In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. Anatole France anger sleep peace Universal peace will be realized, not because man will become better, but because a new order of things, a new science, new economic necessities, will impose peace. Anatole France men peace order It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. Andre Gide leadership patience peace All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence...the final end of history. Those who abandon nonviolence have no sense of history. Rathy they are bypassing history, freezing history, betraying history. Andre Trocme wisdom peace mean Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination. Andrea Dworkin foundation abuse peace Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them. Andrea Dworkin practice men peace Institutionalised in sports, the military, acculturated sexuality, the history and mythology of heroism, violence is taught to boys until they becomes its advocates. Andrea Dworkin military sports peace To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one. Andrew Carnegie century men peace Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason-hubris. Andrew Greeley united-states war peace Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms. Andrew Jackson patriotic peace blood Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble. Andrew Murray inspirational peace life Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace. Ann Brashares weapons peace sex In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil. Anna Brownell Jameson ubuntu evil peace Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace. Anna Howard Shaw absence love peace A quiet conscience makes one strong! Anne Frank strength strong peace I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. Anne Frank confusion peace thinking I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints - to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony. Anne Morrow Lindbergh spiritual peace life Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others, I am beginning to discover. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be refound through solitude. Anne Morrow Lindbergh motivational inspirational peace «678910111213141516»