People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them. Peace Pilgrim More Quotes by Peace Pilgrim More Quotes From Peace Pilgrim I do my work easily and joyously. I feel beauty all around me and I see beauty in everyone I meet, for I see God in everything. I recognize my part in the Life Pattern and I find harmony through gladly and joyously living it. I recognize my oneness with all mankind and my oneness with God. My happiness overflows in loving and giving toward everyone and everything. Peace Pilgrim onenesspatternsgiving There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended. Peace Pilgrim advantageconflictmagic People sometimes ask me if I do not feel lonely on holidays. How can I feel lonely when I live in the constant awareness of God's presence? I love and I enjoy being with people, but when I am alone I enjoy being alone with God. Peace Pilgrim holidaylonelygod I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given. Peace Pilgrim shouldspiritualneeds We should never underestimate the great power of the way of love which reaches that spark of good in the other person, always there no matter how deeply buried, and the person is disarmed. Peace Pilgrim sparksmatterway If you don't have enough you won't be happy. Neither are you happy if you have too much. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. Peace Pilgrim moderationtoo-muchenough The simplified life is a sanctified life, Much more calm, much less strife. Oh, what wondrous truths are unveiled- Projects succeed which had previously failed. Oh, how beautiful life can be, Beautiful simplicity. Peace Pilgrim simplicitysucceedbeautiful When societies are out of harmony, problems develop within the society - collective problems. Their purpose is to push the whole society toward harmony. Peace Pilgrim harmonyproblempurpose I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow. Peace Pilgrim spacechildrenthinking The price of peace is to abandon greed and replace it with giving, so that none will be spiritually injured by having more than they need while others in the world still have less than they need. Peace Pilgrim greedgivingpeace I have never met anyone who built a bomb shelter and felt protected by it. I have never met a modern military man who did not realize that military victory is a concept which became obsolete with the coming of the nuclear age, and most civilians realize this also. Wisdom demands that we stop preparing to wage a war which would eliminate mankind - and start preparing to eliminate the seeds of war. Peace Pilgrim militarymenwar I would like to mention some preparations that were required of me. The first preparation is to take a right attitude toward life. This means, stop being an escapist! Stop being a surface liver who stays right in the froth of the surface. There are millions of these people, and they never find anything really worthwhile. Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found. That's what we are doing here now. Peace Pilgrim attitudemeanreality All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation. Peace Pilgrim situationpeace Just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving. Peace Pilgrim receivinggiving IN THE BEGINNING I undertook my walking not only to contact people, I undertook it as a prayer discipline to keep me concentrated on my prayer for peace... After the first few years the prayer discipline was completely unnecessary, because I had learned to pray without ceasing. I made the contact so thoroughly that into my prayer consciousness I put any condition or person in the world I am concerned about and the rest takes place automatically. Peace Pilgrim disciplineprayeryears Many people who say they have financial problems really mean that they want more than they need. Peace Pilgrim meanpeopleneeds I began my pilgrimage on the first of January in 1953. It is my spiritual birthday of sorts. It was a period in which I was merged with the whole. No longer was I a seed buried under the ground, but I felt as a flower reaching out effortlessly toward the sun. Peace Pilgrim flowerspiritualfirsts There is a spark of good in everybody, no matter how deeply it may be buried. It is the real you. Peace Pilgrim realmattermay Take out the kernel of spiritual truth with any faith, and what is left is dogma. Peace Pilgrim kerneldogmaspiritual Knowing that all things contrary to God's laws are transient, let us avoid despair and radiate hope for a warless world. Peace Pilgrim despairknowinglaw
