Peaceful Quotes - Page 16

• What sets Christian spiritual activity apart from all other religions is that they have knowledge of Christ as their goal; not moral perfection (although you will become more moral), not tranquility (although your life will be remarkably more peaceful). And because of the grace you have in Christ, the disciplines will do nothing to make you more accepted by the Father. You cannot be more accepted than you already are in Christ, since He has already done it all for you!

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Christian, Spiritual, Father

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There”, p.11, Thomas Nelson

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• Government planning not only fails; it tends to produce outcomes that are the opposite of what its proponents say that they favor. The only stable and productive social system is one that embraces human liberty in its totality, and defends the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful international relations, while opposing government intervention as economically and socially destructive.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Government, Opposites, Liberty

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• Government is not peaceful; it is inherently coercive.

  Ed Crane

  Government

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• We must persuade Iran not t have nuclear weapons through peaceful and diplomatic means. We want a peaceful planet.

  Mitt Romney

  Mean, Iran, Want

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• With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world.

  Ron Paul

  Military, World, Want

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• There is going to be enormous amounts of resistance to the adoption of bitcoin, but I really believe that it's about the most peaceful revolution that we can have in this world.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Believe, Adoption, World

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• When feeding time comes around, there is nothing a hawk likes better than a nice, fat, peaceful dove.

  Louis L'Amour

  Nice, Hawks, Likes

  Louis L'Amour (2009). “The Sky-Liners and Galloway (2-Book Bundle)”, p.234, Bantam

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• Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.

  Henning Mankell

  Girl, Country, Thinking

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• ‎We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.

  Nhat Hanh

  Light, Practice, Breathing

  Twitter post from Sep 20, 2012

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• The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities - warmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peaceful - happier.

  Dalai Lama

  Meaningful, Kindness, Thinking

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.59, Penguin

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• When you finally realize that peace is your natural state of being then you will know that any form of non-peace is a belief in illusion. Illusion that anything should be something other than what it is which can never be so. What if instead of waiting for what isn't to become your version of what is, why don't you be peaceful right now while you alter what isn't for you if you so choose? Is it ever worth it to wear a cloak of non-peacefulness over God Brilliance?

  John Phillips

  Waiting, What If, Belief

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• The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Servant Of God, Perfect, Soul

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• ”Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a peaceful religion.”

  George W. Bush

  People, Islam, Majority

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• In our blessed and mostly peaceful society we're not as familiar with courage as we once were. We ascribe the virtue to all manner of endeavors that only really require skill, fortitude and a little daring, the qualities Pat Tillman showed on the football field. Pat's best service to his country was to remind us all what courage really looks like, and that the purpose of all good courage is love.

  John McCain

  Football, Country, Blessed

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• If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

  Akio Morita

  Effort, Succeed, Failing

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• And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sweet, Men, Numbers

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.66, Cambridge University Press

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• The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, Want, Settlement

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• I'm crazy about the fact that the Jewish people should survive because they have so much to contribute and so many values to contribute to the world. It would be a much better world, a much more peaceful and non-violent world if we lived by Jewish values.

  Jackie Mason

  Crazy, Jewish Values, People

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• Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records.

  Erykah Badu

  Helping Someone, Opposites, Play

  "Life on the Line: A Telephone Conversation With Erykah Badu". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. December 10, 2015.

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• You might call that a peaceful invasion [of Muslims] but that`s the nicest thing can you call it. They`re not assimilating and they`re not assimilating because Sharia law is incompatible with the Constitution of the United States.

  Steve King

  Law, United States, Invasion

  "All In with Chris Hayes", www.msnbc.com. December 9, 2015.

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• In Los Angeles on Black Friday, a woman pepper sprayed Wal-Mart shoppers who tried to cut in line. The police acted fast by immediately hiring her to get rid of peaceful protesters outside banking institutions all across the United States.

  Craig Ferguson

  Friday, Cutting, Police

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• Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Stress, Rap, Moving

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• I don't want to die for a few pictures. I want to live for every sunrise I can clap my eyes on; I want to see my family get older; I want to see the world try and get a bit more peaceful and understanding, which unfortunately I don't think I'll ever see.

  Don McCullin

  Eye, Thinking, Understanding

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• I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.

  Tituss Burgess

  Healing, Yield, Needs

  Twitter post from Apr 30, 2015

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• The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.

  Bernie Sanders

  Giving Up, Struggle, Kids

  FaceBook post by Bernie Sanders from May 14, 2015

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