“And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection.”
Peaceful feeling
Peaceful Quotes — page 67 of 76
“I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own, and it felt so good.”
“No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.”
“It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.”
“Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness. ...It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world.”
“Is not light grander than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity.”
“No country can find eternal peace and comfort where the vote of Judas Iscariot is as good as the vote of the Saviour of mankind.”
“Growing up in Hawaii, the ocean is where I'm most at home. When I'm away from it and landlocked I long for the ocean. There's something about it, I'm at peace with it.”
“We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities. Unmeddling with the affairs of other nations, we had hoped that our distance and our dispositions would have left us free, in the example and indulgence of peace with all the world.”
“One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.”
“We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities.”
“I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.”
“War has been avoided from a due sense of the miseries, and the demoralization it produces, and of the superior blessings of a state of peace and friendship with all mankind.”
“A noiseless course, not meddling with the affairs of others, unattractive of notice, is a mark that society is going on in happiness. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.”
“Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.”
“Peace is our passion.”
“It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and to restore property taken by force within its limits.”
“Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace”
“Admittedly, having a bit of disposable cash in the bank can give you a sense of Buddhistic calm, and despite the fallacy involved, that's probably preferable to the bonafide adventure of robbing a bank. A better alternative, however, is to learn to be at peace even when common sense (a highly overrated virtue) would lead you to believe that someone in your situation ought to feel threatened and insecure.”
“I'm aware that a film is different than a play, and that a film isn't going to be the filmed record of the play. It's its own separate entity, and I've come to peace with that.”