Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Our inner space and our peace of mind are affected by our outer space.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

Life must have its sacred moments and its holy places. We need the infinite, the limitless, the uttermost -- all that can give the heart a deep and strengthening peace.

I am only a child yet I know if all money spent on war was spent on finding environmental answers, ending poverty, and binding treaties, what a wonderful place this Earth would be.

Happiness seems to depend on leisure, because we work to have leisure, and wage war to live in peace.

Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.