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Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity! -- George A. Smith
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. -- William Shakespeare
I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm. Kind of like a Faustian thing, I think. -- Neko Case
Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of war, and most Muslims don't understand the true nature of Islam. -- Mosab Hassan Yousef
We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace. -- Thomas R. Kelly
Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace. -- Natan Sharansky
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul. -- Alfred Adler
I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace. -- Thurston Moore
I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. -- Joan Jett
To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood. -- Natan Sharansky
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. -- Jimmy Carter
There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. -- Elihu Root
I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. That's why I have opposed Israel's settlement policy since 1973, and that's why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967. -- Alan Dershowitz
If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. -- Alex Noble
True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature. -- Tara Brach
To deal with these problems - of world population and hunger, of peace, of energy and mineral resources, of environmental pollution, of poverty - we must broaden and deepen our knowledge of nature's laws, and we must broaden and deepen our understanding of the laws of human behavior. -- Herbert A. Simon
Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live. -- Shimon Peres
Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now. -- Imelda Staunton
Lose yourself in nature and find peace -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
All nature's diff'rence keeps all nature's peace. -- Alexander Pope
Your true nature is purity, peace and joy. -- Sathya Sai Baba
Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace. -- Lester B. Pearson
Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind.... -- Ovid
If peace is not In Nature's beauty, Then where is it, where? -- Sri Chinmoy
Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace. -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
We can find peace among ourselves, when we find peace with nature. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
With men, the state of nature is not a state of peace, but war. -- Immanuel Kant
Is there a difference? Yes. We are in harmony with nature, but never at peace. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it. -- Thomas Hobbes
In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons. -- Herodotus
Silence is our deepest nature, our home, our common ground, our peace. Silence reveals. Silence heals. -- Gunilla Brodde Norris
We understand that we must make peace with nature - that our lives depend on it. -- Sylvia Earle
Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life. -- Wang Wei
As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature. -- Emily Greene Balch
Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance -- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile -- William Cowper
Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people. -- Waris Dirie
Not to believe in the possibility of permanent peace is to disbelieve in the Godliness of human nature. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. -- Pope John Paul II
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. -- Herodotus
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience - the union of life and peace. -- George Santayana
In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. -- Herodotus
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. -- John Muir
In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace. -- Richard Louv
Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere. -- Ramana Maharshi
I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace. -- Henry David Thoreau
Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. -- Samuel Johnson
Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature. -- Charles Kingsley
He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace. -- Albert Einstein
These idle disputants overlooked the invariable laws of nature, which have connected peace with innocence, plenty with industry, and safety with valour. -- Edward Gibbon
Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does. -- Byron Katie
The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life. -- Patanjali
Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter. -- Richard M. Nixon
Can you conceive of anything that so represents the glory, and truth, and marvelousness of God's nature as the idea of peace? -- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
We're not here to get over our humanness, but rather to accept and make peace with it... and to remember our Divine nature. -- Sonia Choquette
As a society we cannot seem to make peace with nature. As individuals, it's hard for us to be at peace with ourselves. -- Terence McKenna
Being organized will give you more free time, contribute to a cheerful nature, and add to the peace and security of your home. -- Deniece Schofield
Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science and in politics. -- Vandana Shiva
We do wrong to seek peace in Nature; we should rather seek the nobler sort of war; and see all the trees as green banners. -- G.K. Chesterton
True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature. -- Morihei Ueshiba
Nothing from outside can stop a man from enjoying lasting peace and permanent joy in life, for it is the essential nature of his own soul. -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy. -- Thomas Jefferson
O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods; and only mocks the great, With empty pageantries! -- Elijah Fenton
The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace. -- Gregory Maguire
This is the true nature of home - it is the place of Peace; the shelter, not only from all injury, but from all terror, doubt, and division. -- John Ruskin
If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you. -- Amit Ray
I'm passionate about nature and the respect, peace, and beauty I derive from it. My voice, my live performance, and when I'm in the studio. My children and love. -- Taylor Dane
Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within ourselves, we become at peace. -- Gregory of Nyssa
Nature I'll court in her sequester'd haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove, or cell; Where the pois'd lark his evening ditty chants, And health, and peace, and contemplation dwell. -- Tobias Smollett
Yoga takes you close to your true nature. Yoga with its techniques helps you to harmonize with nature. Peace is our very nature, and yoga leads you to inner peace -- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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