Interpersonal Harmony Quotes

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.

In his scientific genius, man has wrought material miracles and has transformed his world. He has harnassed nature and has developed great civilizations. But he has never learned very well how to live with himself. The values he has created have been predominantly materialistic; his spiritual values have lagged far behind. He has demonstrated little spiritual genius and has made little progress toward the realization of human brotherhood. In the contemporary atomic age, this could prove man's fatal weakness.

Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?

What else do we all want, each one of us, except to love and be loved, in our families, in our work, in all our relationships?

Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.

A set should be like a family, except that you all actually like each other.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

It's a real gift to have a husband and wife in the company that love each other and that work together. They check on each other emotionally and physically. That's beautiful to me.

Become an ambassador of peace in your own life.

In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.

When you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.

I guess the greatest cliché we've ever heard, but the most important words spoken, is, love, you know, love your neighbor and, as you would yourself. It's a biblical term, it's important, and it's embraced by every religion and yet it seems to be a far cry from what we're experiencing today.

Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.

Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves. Encountering those problems, anger develops and overwhelms our mind, which leads to violence. A good way to counter this and to work for a more peaceful world is to develop concern for others. Then our anger, jealousy and other destructive emotions will naturally weaken and diminish.

I thank God I don't have a problem with any person. Nobody wants to have a problem with another person. I don't want it either.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all, as he re-establishes the bridge of authentic communication between earth and Heaven.

Aren't you getting tired of people hating one another? What do they think they get out of it?

I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with.

We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.

Don't break me up - I wouldn't offend any person, be they black, Asian or whatever.