Individual Peace Quotes

Individual Peace paves the way for world peace. The attainment of inner calm is the greatest work you can do for humanity.

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.

Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace. Once these qualities are developed within an individual, he or she is then able to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. This atmosphere can be expanded and extended from the individual to his family, from the family to the community and eventually to the whole world.

Individual peace is the unit of world peace.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

If world peace is to be established, peace in the individual must be established first. Transcendental Meditation directly brings peace in the individual life.

An individual can march for peace or vote for peace and can have, perhaps, some small influence on global concerns. But the same individual is a giant in the eyes of a child at home. If peace is to be built, it must start with the individual. It is built brick by brick.

When you do something for world peace, peace among groups, peace among individuals, or your own inner peace, you improve the total peace picture.