Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let there be worse cotton and better men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conformity is the ape of harmony.

The big powers are traveling on the dangerous road of armament. The signpost just ahead of us is 'Oblivion.' Can the march on this road be stopped? Yes, if public opinion uses the power it now has.

Scott Lynch

Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend." "Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.

Scarlett Johansson

It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory.

Shinzo Abe

It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan, should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.

Lewis Mumford

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing...

Lee Myung-bak

The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.

Lawrence Durrell

It is not peace we seek but meaning.

Neil Sheehan

At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam.

Vaclav Havel

Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.

Sophie Kerr

If peace . . . only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.

Stephenie Meyer

Happy and sad, elated and miserable, secure and afraid, loved and denied, patient and angry, peaceful and wild, complete and empty...all of it. I would feel everything. It would all be mine.

Marcus Aurelius

How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.

Marcus Aurelius

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

Marcus Aurelius

The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

Marcus Aurelius

For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul, particularly when he has within him such thoughts that by looking into them he is immediately in perfect tranquility; and I affirm that tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

Thomas a Kempis

Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.

Thomas a Kempis

We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.

Thomas a Kempis

Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.

Thomas a Kempis

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Thomas a Kempis

Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never be without strife and grief. Thus, we should not strive for a peace that is without temptation, or for a life that never feels adversity. Peace is not found by escaping temptations, but by being tried by them. We will have discovered peace when we have been tried and come through the trial of temptation.

Thomas A. Edison

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

Shel Silverstein

Instead of tug o' war, let's play hug o' war.

Natalie Portman

Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place.

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Peace at home, peace in the world.

Swami Vivekananda

After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains-one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change; but the nature of the Atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it; only wash away the dross and see it.

Tony Benn

We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collateral damage and military incompetence leading to US bombers killing British soldiers is cosily described as friendly fire. Those who are in favour of peace are described as mavericks and troublemakers, whereas the real militants are those who want the war.