Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

If you really want to create peace on the earth, create peace in your heart, in your being. That is the right place to begin with... and then spread and radiate peace and love.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Christ alone can bring lasting peace - peace with God - peace among men and nations - and peace within our hearts.

Peace is not something you wish for, � it is something you make, something you are, something you do,�and something you give away.

The Peace you long for also longs for you.

Peace is always beautiful.

Peace is the first condition, without which nothing else can be stable.

I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.

I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

Peace is a stranger to the rigid mind. Peace is a guest of the flexible heart.

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.

Peace is not a luxury. It's not an option. It is fundamental to the existence and well-being of a human being to have peace in their life.

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.

If you want peace, look for it where it is, not in conflict.

Peace surely is a good reason, yes. But there are other reasons too.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.

If you could figure out how to live with family then you'd gone a long way toward finding your peace.

Where the heart is full of kindness which seeks no injury to another, either in act or thought or wish, this full love creates an atmosphere of harmony, whose benign power touches with healing all who come within its influence. Peace in the heart radiates peace to other hearts, even more surely than contention breeds contention.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step.

If peace is not In Nature's beauty, Then where is it, where?

There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.

Your mind can be your enemy or friend. If you always follow your heart, your mind will feel neglected. If you follow only your mind, your heart will never forgive you. Never ignore your conscience, yet always be conscious of reason. Make your heart and mind friends and you will have peace of mind throughout life's seasons.