Peace Quotes - Page 31

There is no need of a teacher for those who know how to think.

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from nonviolence you turn nonviolence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

We can export terrorism. We can assassinate and set fires inside the territory of the United States as it did to all of us.

A smile is the beginning of peace.

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

It's not the situation that's causing your stress, it's your thoughts, and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. Peace is a choice, and it has nothing to do with what other people do or think.

If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.

When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.

If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.