"Peace is the evening star
of the soul, as virtue is its sun:
and the two are never far apart."
-Charles Caleb Colton

"All men desire peace,
but very few desire
those things that
make for peace."
-Thomas a Kempis

"From his cradle to his grave
a man never does a single thing
which has any first and foremost
object save one...
to secure peace of mind,
spiritual comfort, for himself."
-Mark Twain

"Peace is not the absence of conflict from life,
but the ability to cope with it."
-Sun Dial

"Peace is not absence of war,
it is a virtue, a state of mind,
a disposition for benevolence,
confidence, justice.."
-Benedict de Spinoza

"Five great enemies of peace inhabit with us...
avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride;
if these were to be banished we should
infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."
-Petrarch

"People are always expecting
to get peace in heaven:
but you know whatever peace
they get there will be ready-made.
Whatever making of peace
they can be blest for,
must be on the earth."
-John Ruskin

"With malice toward none, with charity for all,
let us strive on to finish the work we are in,
to do all which may achieve and cherish
a just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations."
-Abraham Lincoln

"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
Nature's peace will flow into you
as sunshine flows into trees.
The winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you
like the leaves of Autumn."
-John Muir

"First keep the peace within yourself,
then you can also bring peace to others."
-Thomas A Kempis

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Until he extends his circle of compassion
to include all living things,
man will not himself find peace."
-Albert Schweitzer

"We shall find peace.
We shall hear the angels,
we shall see the sky
sparkling with diamonds."
-Anton Chekhov