#peace

Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#enemy

Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the mad rush for ownership and consumption - to a constructive economy where all human beings can participate in the act of creating lasting worth. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#peace #economy

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#ethics #peace #vegetarianism #ethics

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#longing-for-peace #war #worlds #diversity

Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside. ↗

— Peter Deunov

#enlightenment #happiness #inner-peace #self-fulfillment #wisdom

If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#peace #tolerance #diversity

Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown... ↗

— Robert Greene

#peace #quiet #contentment

…my Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. ↗

— A.S. Byatt

#solitude #solitude

The Chair I’m writing to you, who made the archaic wooden chair look like a throne while you sat on it. Amidst your absence, I choose to sit on the floor, which is dusty as a dry Kansas day. I am stoic as a statue of Buddha, not wanting to bother the old wooden chair, which has been silent now for months. In this sunlit moment I think of you. I can still picture you sitting there-- your forehead wrinkled like an un-ironed shirt, the light splashed on your face, like holy water from St. Joseph’s. The chair, with rounded curves like that of a full-figured woman, seems as mellow as a monk in prayer. The breeze blows from beyond the curtains, as if your spirit has come back to rest. Now a cloud passes overhead, and I hush, waiting to hear what rests so heavily on the chair’s lumbering mind. Do not interrupt, even if the wind offers to carry your raspy voice like a wispy cloud. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#chair #insightful #metaphor #peaceful #pensive

Our culture encourages us to plan every moment and fill our schedules with one activity and obligation after the next, with no time to just be. But the human body and mind require downtime to rejuvenate. I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peace with me out into the world. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mind-body-spirit #mindfulness #peace-of-mind #purpose #stress-management