Quotes related to Psalm 34:14
Reconcile with yourself for the sake of the world , for the sake of all living beings . Your peace and serenity are crucial for all of us .
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
The contest is not between Us and Them, but between Good and Evil, and if those who would fight Evil adopt the ways of Evil, Evil wins.
— Thomas Jefferson
Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the smoke of confabulation. There can be no peace on earth without the kind of inner change that brings man back to his right mind. p. 31
— Thomas Merton
Nu putem fi în relaÈ›ii de pace cu alÃ…£ii pentru c? nu suntem în relaÃ…£ii de pace cu noi înÅŸine, ÅŸi nu putem fi în relaÃ…£ii de pace cu noi înÅŸine pentru c? nu avem pace cu Dumnezeu.
— Thomas Merton
The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.
— Thomas Merton
Man is not at peace with his fellow man because he is not at peace with himself. He is not at peace with himself because he is not at peace with God.
— Thomas Merton
Many of our most cherished plans for the glory of God are only inordinate passion in disguise. And the proof of this is found in the excitement which they produce. The God of peace is never glorified by violence.
— Thomas Merton
Others find it easy to dismiss the Bible out of hand, as negative, vengeful, violent. I can only hope that they are rejecting the violence-as-entertainment of movies and television on the same grounds, and that they say a prayer every time they pick up a daily newspaper or turn on CNN. In the context of real life, the Bible seems refreshingly whole, an honest reflection on humanity in relation to the sacred and the profane.
— Kathleen Norris
As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.
— Benjamin Netanyahu
There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace.
— Wayne Dyer
I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.
— Will Smith