Peace on Earth becomes possible when enough people really want it and act accordingly. What about you ?
It is sad to see how many wars and fights are still going on on earth daily. Too many people are suffering from religious or political conflicts, repression, hunger, malnutrition, lack of education, poverty, discrimination etc.
We are one world, one humanity, brothers and sisters, we breathe the same air, our bodies are made from the same mother earth.
Peace Worldwide may be possible. It needs active, positive deeds by all of us. "Be good, do good things." What we concentrate on will materialize.
The precondition for peace seems to be that first we find peace in ourselves. Having found inner peace there is no need to attack anyone, to suppress, exploit others, and all the rest of negative acting. Love, sharing, compassion, respect and non-violence become natural. Your example will inspire others.
Look for peace inside. Quieten your mind, your emotions and experience the relativity of all phenomena, leaving behind all quarrels, grievances, all things, good or bad. Find out who you really are at the deepest level. At the bottom of your heart you will find oneness, unity with life. There the sun shines, there you will find inner peace and love.
Then life is a great joy and it becomes natural to share this joy and love with everyone around you.
“Peace begins with a smile…”
- Mother Teresa
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
- Gautama Buddha
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
- Eckhart Tolle
“You have everything you need for complete peace and total happiness right now.”
- Wayne W. Dyer
“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”
- Black Elk
"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others."
- Peace Pilgrim
“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”
- Dalai Lama XIV
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
- Albert Schweitzer
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
- Albert Einstein
“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.”
"Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom."
"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free."
- Dalai Lama XIV
"Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being."
- Pope John Paul II
“For as long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”
- Pythagoras
“By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian will make a difference in the health of our planet.”
“It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.”
"Peace is every step."
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
"One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means."
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Imagine that the universe is a great spinning engine. You want to stay near the core of the thing - right in the hub of the wheel - not out at the edges where all the wild whirling takes place, where you can get frayed and crazy. The hub of calmness - that's your heart. That's where God lives within you. So stop looking for answers in the world. Just keep coming back to that center and you'll always find peace.”
- Elizabeth Gilbert
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
- Jimi Hendrix
"Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind."
- Daisaku Ikeda
"All we are saying is give peace a chance."
- John Lennon