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Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. You are a child of the universe with no less than the trees and the stars.
Good | Haste | Noise | Peace | Silence | Surrender | Universe | Child |
No man can serve peace while living in discord. And no man can sustain chaos if he is absorbed in harmony.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
One of the most ordinary weakness of the human intellect is to seek reconcile contrary principles, and to purchase peace at the expense of logic.
Logic | Peace | Principles | Weakness | Intellect |
A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.
A peace must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.
Peace is present when man can see the face that is composed of things that have meaning and are in their place. Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.
It is more difficult to organize peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not well organized.
In the very depths of your soul, dig a grave; let it be as some forgotten spot to which no path leads; and there in the eternal silence bury the wrongs which you have suffered. Your heart will feel as if a load had fallen from it, and a divine peace come to abide with you.
A.C. Benson, fully Arthur Christopher “A.C.” Benson
Interests are anchors, and I believe they will bring peace and even happiness in the end.
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day.
Day | Destiny | Family | Heart | Love | Mind | Peace | Truth |