It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once inside I couldn't help a feeling of warmth and security. Outside there were wars and road accidents and murders, striptease clubs and battered babies and frayed tempers and unhappy marriages and people contemplating suicide and bad jokes, but once in St. Martin's there was peace. Surely people go to church not to involve themselves in the world's problems but to escape from them.
Michael PalinTag: peace religion church problems contemplation
If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace.
Leo TolstoyWe are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to rescue the truth that human rights were not handed down as privileges from a parliament, or a boardroom, or an institution, but that peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly.
John PilgerTag: justice peace media journalism human-rights
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Marvin GayeTag: life world peace self inspiring
The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.
Mahatma GandhiTag: love power philosophy peace humanism mahatma-gandhi jimi-hendrix
The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.
James Oliver CurwoodTag: kindness murder peace war killing pity
There is a tonic strength, in the hour of sorrow and affliction, in escaping from the world and society and getting back to the simple duties and interests we have slighted and forgotten. Our world grows smaller, but it grows dearer and greater. Simple things have a new charm for us, and we suddenly realize that we have been renouncing all that is greatest and best, in our pursuit of some phantom.
William George JordanTag: peace simplicity stress relaxation
You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack.
Patrick O'BrianPeace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.
Terry PratchettThe wheel of life has many spokes yet so few people ever leave the hub.
Stanley Victor PaskavichTag: life truth reality peace belief
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