#peace

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#freedom #peace #freedom

You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#freedom #image #impressions #peace #war

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe? ↗

— Brian Jacques

#peace #friendship

Friede – wie Freundschaft – setzt Achtung voraus. ↗

— Johannes Müller

#peace #friendship

Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness - that's your heart. That's where God lives within you. So stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you'll always find peace. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#spiritual #imagination

Among leaders who have made the greatest impact through ages, I would consider Muhammad before Jesus Christ. ↗

— James Gavin

#atheist #christ #christian #fair #gavin

My mom and dad refused to believe that people who had grown up together in peace and friendship, had gone to the same schools, spoken the same language, and listened to the same music, could overnight be blinded by ethnic hatred and start to brutally kill one another. They simply didn't accept as true that less than two years of a multiparty system and competition for power could poison people's brains so much. ↗

— Savo Heleta

#friendship #peace #politics #power #war

The greenest of pastures are right here on earth. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#inspiration #peace #inspirational

We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#inspiration #inspirational #peace #psychology #spirituality

I woke up!" he replied, eye twinkling in his haggard face, "and that's reason enough to be happy! ↗

— Ron Hall & Denver Moore

#inspiration #peace #peace-of-mind #inspirational