Peace

Photo by Joel Tasche

Peace is not what happens after the war, it is the war.¹

— Larry Seaquist

Peace is not absence of war, it is a virtue,
a state of mind,
a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.²

— Baruch Spinoza

There is no way to Peace. 
Peace is the Way.³

— A J Muste
on a calendar in Northern Ireland

There is no ‘way to peace.’ 
There is only peace.⁴

— Gandhi

God works with serenity.

On the surface of the ocean
there may be storm 
and the lashing of waves,

but in the heart of the deep
there is peace.⁵

— Morris Lichtenstein

A man of great vision
gave us the secret to
’the peace of God that passeth all understanding’
when he said, ‘The kingdom of God is within you.’

Why seek elsewhere?⁶

— Vivian May Williams

Nothing can bring you peace
but yourself.⁷

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Waves of the Ocean

[1] Christian Science Monitor, December 27, 2002 page 11 AX 5078

[2] Forbes Quotes Thoughts On The Business Of Life, https://www.forbes.com/quotes/989/ 01.22.2024 AX 8094

[3] A J Muste, https://www.cfchildren.org/blog/2010/07/there-is-no-way-to-peace-peace-is-the-way/ 07.19.21 AX 69

[4] Ram Vanji Sutar, sculptor, Peace Is the Way, Text on the Gandhi Bust at United Nations, https://www.un.org/ungifts/content/peace-is-the-way 03.04.2025 AX 70

[5] Morris Lichtenstein, Jewish Science & Health, (Jewish Science Pubishing Co,, 1925), p. 36 AX 4780

[6] Vivian May Williams, Understanding God, (DeVorss & Co., 1938), p. 25 AX 8081

[7] Lillian Eichler Watson, Light From Many Lamps: A Treasury of Inspiration, (Simon and Shuster, 1951), p. 213

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