Famous Quotes

"Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God."

Thomas a Kempis on Peace

More quotes about Peace

• "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

  Jimi Hendrix on Peace

• "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Peace

• "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

  Mother Teresa on Peace

• "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Peace

• "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

  John Lennon on Peace

More quotes by Thomas a Kempis

• "Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be."

• "The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid."

• "Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back."

• "Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it."

• "What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?"