Peaceful Existence Quotes

The only antidote to chaos is peace itself.

Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.

This silence, this moment, every moment, if it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need. There's nothing to believe. Only when I stopped believing in myself did I come into this beauty. Sit quietly, and listen for a voice that will say, 'Be more silent.' Die and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you've died. Your old life was a frantic running from silence. Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.

I always tell people I romanticize about doing something simple, like doing radio in northern California.

Happy is the nation without a history.

The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he is not moved, not because he wills to be quiet. . . . Joy does all things without concern. For emptiness, stillness, tranquillity, tastelessness, silence, and non-action are the root of all things.

Let thine occupations be few, saith the sage, if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.

I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...

I live a generally quiet life, as it were.

My liberty is about living. It's about spreading more love. Even though I was always a peaceful, loving individual, my music sometimes didn't reflect that. But now it's different. My music is reflecting the way I feel.

Everyone has the right to a peaceful life.

Peace beings with me. The more peaceful I am inside, the more peace I have to share with others.

How happy is he who remains at home caressing the breast of his mistress. Instead of waging war!

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything.

Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.

Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!

He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well.

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquility of mind while we live here.

In America, we want a peaceful planet. We want people to be able to enjoy their lives and know they're going to have a bright and prosperous future, not be at war. That's our purpose.

A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. We are waiting for just one teacher. You're the one.

Nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book.

There you'll find the place I love most in the world. The place where I grew thin from dreaming. My village, rising from the plain. Shaded with trees and leaves like a piggy bank filled with memories. You'll see why a person would want to live there forever. Dawn, morning, mid-day, night: all the same, except for the changes in the air. The air changes the color of things there. And life whirs by as quiet as a murmur...the pure murmuring of life.