“The scene isn't one of perpetual death but of life circulating within itself.”
Peaceful feeling
Peaceful Quotes — page 63 of 76
“Living in balance and purity is the highest good for you and the earth.”
“There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.”
“But the moon came slowly up in all her gentle glory, and the stars looked out, and through the small compass of the grated window, as through the narrow crevice of one good deed in a murky life of guilt, the face of Heaven shone bright and merciful. He raised his head; gazed upward at the quiet sky, which seemed to smile upon the earth in sadness, as if the night, more thoughtful than the day, looked down in sorrow on the sufferings and evil deeds of men; and felt its peace sink deep into his heart.”
“When I have come to you, at last (as I have always done), I have come to peace and happiness. I come home, now, like a tired traveller, and find such a blessed sense of rest!”
“Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace?”
“A tranquil summer sunset shone upon him as he approached the end of his walk, and passed through the meadows by the river side. He had that sense of peace, and of being lightened of a weight of care, which country quiet awakens in the breasts of dwellers in towns.”
“The wide stare stared itself out for one while; the Sun went down in a red, green, golden glory; the stars came out in the heavens, and the fire-flies mimicked them in the lower air, as men may feebly imitate the goodness of a better order of beings; the long dusty roads and the interminable plains were in repose-and so deep a hush was on the sea, that it scarcely whispered of the time when it shall give up its dead.”
“The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening, so much life in the city ran into death according to rule, time and tide waited for no man, the rats were sleeping close together in their dark holes again, the Fancy Ball was lighted up at supper, all things ran their course.”
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Some men, like bats or owls, have better eyes for the darkness than for the light. We, who have no such optical powers, are better pleased to take our last parting look at the visionary companions of many solitary hours, when the brief sunshine of the world is blazing full upon them.”
“be it peace or happiness let it enfold you”
“In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence of mankind, we urge the governments of the world to realize, and to acknowledge publicly, that their purpose cannot be furthered by a world war, and we urge them, consequently, to find peaceful means for the settlement of all matters of dispute between them.”
“Be at peace with your choices.They all serve you.”
“If you want peace, look for it where it is, not in conflict.”
“Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years.”
“All mankind is crying out for guidance, for comfort, for peace.”
“Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall.”
“We've been looking outside us for our own peace. We've been looking in the wrong direction.”
“I find peace anywhere I go. It depends on what is within the walls of my own home.”
“Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.”