Quotes about Peaceful

Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.

Science is a tool, and if we were an esentially kind and peaceful species, it would not occur to us to use this tool for destructive purposes.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.

Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law - to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example - of fashion.

Joy comes and fills the self-emptied heart; it abides with the peaceful; its reign is with the pure.

Be as wise as a fox. Be as harmless as a dove.

The old law vindicated itself by the vengeance of the sword, and plucked out eye for eye, and requited injury with punishment; but the new law pointed to clemency, and changed the former savagery of swords and lances into tranquility, and refashioned the former infliction of war upon rivals and foes of the law into the peaceful acts of ploughing and cultivating the earth. And so . . . the observance of the new law and of spiritual circumcision has shone forth in acts of peaceful obedience.

The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and soon sinks into an oily somnolence.' That will be useful.

There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable.