In a world filled with chaos and conflict, finding peace can be a challenge.
But the wisdom of great thinkers, leaders, and artists can offer guidance and inspiration.
Here are 50 of the best quotes on peace from throughout history, reminding us of the importance of inner calm and promoting harmony in the world.
Top 50 Quotes on Peace to Help You Find Inner Peace
“Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.”
Karen Salmansohn
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
Ronald Reagan
“You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.”
Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is the purest form of a soul at peace.”
Matthew Donnelly
“I think it’s naive to pray for world peace if we’re not going to change the form in which we live.”
Godfrey Reggio
“Peace only comes from accepting the inevitable and taming our desires.”
The Ancient Sage
“Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.”
Wayne W. Dyer,
“Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expense.”
Thomas Paine
“We will know peace the day we truly know ourselves.”
Maxime Lagacé
“Peace is costly, but it is worth the expense.”
African proverb
“Peace is not the highest goal in life. It is the most fundamental requirement.”
Sadhguru
“Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.”
Ezra Taft Benson
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
Siddhārtha Gautama
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world.”
Maha Ghosananda
“You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.”
Stacy London
“Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.”
Alfred Nobel
“Peace is not something you wish for. It is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.”
Robert Fulghum
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”
Amelia Earhart
“There is no way to peace, peace is the way.”
J. Muste
“Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.”
Edwin Louis Cole
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
Melody Beattie
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
Albert Schweitzer
“Peace is our gift to each other.”
Elie Wiesel
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.”
Christian D. Larson
“Peace is liberty in tranquility.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an ‘is,’ it is a ‘becoming.’”
Haile Selassie
“Peace is not absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
President Ronald Reagan
“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
“Be selective in your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right.”
Unknown
“Peace is something we must all work for, every day, in every country.”
Ban Ki-moon
“Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow.”
River Phoenix
“Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace.”
Randy Armstrong
“Peace is the first thing the angels sang.”
John Keble
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”
Helen Keller
“Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.”
John Lennon
“Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace… Peace will be the last word of history.”
Pope John Paul II
“Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.”
Peter Deunov
If you want to end the war, then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers.”
Malala Yousafzai
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
William Shakespeare
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
Albert Einstein
“Peace begins with a smile.”
Mother Teresa
“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Peace brings with it so many positive emotions that it is worth aiming for in all circumstances.”
Estella Eliot
“Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.”
Alfred Nobel
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Indira Gandhi
“You have peace when you make it with yourself.”
Mitch Albom
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”
President John F. Kennedy