"And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful."
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"We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means."
"When you find Peace within, you create a Peaceful world around you."
"Then Scale by scale, We strip off The delicacy And eat The peaceful mush Of its green heart."
"I feel that we should not only maintain gentle, peaceful relations with our fellow human beings bur also that is very important to extend the same kind of attitude toward the natural environment."
"If you young people who today belong to the first generation of the 21st century make an effort now, you may be able to create a happier, more peaceful world. But you can't take for granted that it will happen by itself, you'll need to take action."
"We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of our families. This is how we can create a more peaceful world."
"They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they have truly abandoned any nuclear weapons ambition."
"The United States is committed to a regional order rooted in international rules and norms, including freedom of navigation, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. That's the only way to ensure our common security."
"Iran's Supreme Court has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. President [Hassan] Rouhani has indicated Iran will never develop nuclear weapons. I've made clear that we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of Iran meeting its obligations."
"If you want a model for what is possible, if you want to see how to build a peaceful and prosperous and dynamic society, then look at Berlin and look at Germany."
"We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon."
"The energy that flows into what you do, although it may be high energy, is very peaceful energy. It is not out of alignment with life."
"I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain."
"Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful."
"There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much."
"Every time one person becomes peaceful in their own life, it changes the world."
"Dear Posterity, If you have not become more just, more peaceful, and in general more sensible... then may the Devil take you!"
"From out the peaceful hollow of its throat / such music pours as I am unaware / how to devise. I did not think these things. / It is the reed that sings."
"I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content."