Last Updated on August 9, 2024
Here’s a sobering fact. In the last 3400 years, our world didn’t have war for a total of 268 years. That’s a mere eight percent out of the past three and a half millennia. It is probably safe to assume that none of us in this generation has lived without a war going on somewhere on the planet.
When you read the newspapers or turn on the television for the news, most of the reports tend to be about corruption, violence, crime, or whatever terrible events currently happening. Sadly, we’re so used to seeing all these negativities in our newsfeeds that we’re almost desensitized to them.
It also goes without saying that each one of us is fighting through all sorts of challenges in our daily lives. From the pressures of our daily jobs, to the conflicts that arise in any relationship, to complications concerning health, we seemingly have our hands full of difficulties all the time.
Having said all of that, not all hope is lost. Inner peace amidst this chaotic world is most definitely still attainable. Granted, there’s not much we can do to completely eradicate the world of crimes, violence, and hatred. There’s also not much we can do to pacify warring nations, with the term “world peace” mostly attached to a cliché beauty pageant answer.
However, there are plenty of little things we can do every day to still feel internal peace.
Spend Time in Nature
There are few activities in life more calming than taking a stroll through nature. In today’s fast-paced world, with taller skyscrapers, faster cars, and more sophisticated gadgets produced at a rapid pace, sometimes a leisurely walk along some greenery is just what we need to de-stress and clear our minds. Often, a literal breath of fresh air is all we need to feel calmer and more serene.
Experience the Power of Meditation
A simple yet very effective way to feel inner peace is through meditation. This age-old practice has been proven to work in easing the anxieties that come with life’s daily bustles. Simple meditation activities like closing your eyes and visualizing a relaxing situation, breathing exercises, or repeating a personally meaningful mantra can be performed wherever you are.
There are also many types of meditations out there. Look for ones that you are most comfortable doing, whether it be in a formal class with an instructor or on your own. Try to do it every day, especially during moments when you feel stressed, and you are on your way to inner peace.
Let Go of What You Can’t Control
Not everything in life goes as planned. We will all experience failure at some point, fall short of our goals, and experience disappointment. Sometimes there’s just nothing we can do about it. However, to have inner peace is to accept the fact that not every problem can be solved. We have to learn to let go and move on.
There is no point in worrying over something beyond our capacity to fix. Doing so would only rob us of joy. Instead, it is better to learn to simply roll with life’s punches. Take whatever lessons you can but choose not to stress about anything beyond your control.
Look at the Bright Side of Life
There is always something to be grateful for, and an attitude of gratitude is essential to achieving peace. Count your blessings instead of your problems. See what lessons you can learn from bad experiences and figure out how you can turn lemons into lemonade.
When you learn to recognize and acknowledge the good things that come along with the bad, you’ll feel better about the quality of life you have. You’ll feel better about yourself. You’ll be happy and contented, and you’ll be at peace.
In the end, no one will ever live a perfect life. We won’t be happy all the time, and the world may never experience lasting peace. Still, there are always small and simple things we can do every day to achieve inner peace. In a world that seems full of never-ending conflict, inner peace may just be the most valuable possession anyone can have.
Here are inspiring quotes about peace:
1. Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Buddha
2. “Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power, but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.” – Dada Vaswani
3. “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” – Buddha
4. “Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” – Saint Francis de Sales
5.”Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” – Georges Bernanos
6. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
7. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” – Dalai Lama
8. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” – John F. Kennedy
9. “If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
10. “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa
11. “Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.” – Mark Victor Hansen
12. Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.” – Nelson Mandela
13. Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” – Amelia Earhart
14. “Peace makes your heart beautiful and it makes you look beautiful, too. You want to have perfect physical posture when you stand, sit, and walk, and peace is the perfect posture of the soul, really. Try perfect posture outside as well as inside. Peace creates grace and grace gives peace.” – C. JoyBell C.
15. “Having inner peace means committing to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt.” – Sanaya Roman
16. “A balanced inner calmness radiates from a peaceful center. It neither craves others’ approval nor rejects others’ presence. It neither pulls towards nor pushes away. It has a reverent attitude towards life and all its inhabitants.” – Donna Goddard
17. “To pacify your external conflicts, you must wage peace, first and foremost, within yourself.” – Vironika Tugaleva
18. “When there is peace in the self, there is peace in the world.” – Abhijit Naskar
19. “There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.” – John Bruna
20. “We’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace.” – George W. Bush
21. “Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.” – Eugene O’Neill
22. “If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships, the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
23. “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur
24. “People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that’s how they’ll react. But if you say, ‘ We want peace, we want stability,’ we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.” – Nelson Mandela
25. I believe that through knowledge and discipline, financial peace is possible for all of us.” – Dave Ramsey
26. “So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible.” – Hassan Nasrallah
27. “Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.” – William Shakespeare
28. “Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.” – Andrew Jackson
29. “When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.” – George Harrison
30. The word ‘Islam’ means ‘peace.’ The word ‘Muslim’ means ‘one who surrenders to God.’ But the press makes us seem like haters.” – Muhammad Ali
31. “The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.” – Woodrow Wilson
32. “Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace, the way of nonviolence, the way of love, the way of life as the way of living.” – John Lewis
33. “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
34. “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” – Nelson Mandela
35. “Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.” – Benazir Bhutto
36. “We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.” – Pope Francis
37. “I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.” – Martina Hingis
38. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” – Nelson Mandela
39. “Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay calm.” – Yves Behar
40. “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.” – Buddha
41. “If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.” – Kurt Cobain
42. “My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.” – Denzel Washington
43. “Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.” – Gerald Jampolsky
44. “Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.” – Dalai Lama
45. Wonder Woman is a fighter, better than most, but it’s what she fights for that is important. It’s her vision of a future of peace and acceptance that makes her the right ambassador for everyone.” – Gal Gadot
46. You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” – Virginia Woolf
47. “If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Desmond Tutu
48. “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – George Orwell
49. “Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability.” – Lobsang Tenzin
59. “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” – Norman Schwarzkopf
60. “While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.” – Francis of Assisi
61. “It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.” – Harry S Truman
62. “Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.” – Maximillian Degenerez
63. “First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.” – Thomas a Kempis
64. “My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace, it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
65. Peace is its own reward.” – Mahatma Gandhi
66. “The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.” – Chung Mong-Joon
67. If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.” – John Lennon
68. “God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the Earth.” – Pope Benedict XVI
69. “Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected to all of humanity.” – Maximillian Degenerez
70. “The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.” – Thomas Huxley
71. “Peace of mind for five minutes, that’s what I crave.” – Alanis Morissette
72. “There’s nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.” – Jenny Nimmo
73. “Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.” – Jawaharlal Nehru
74. “I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.” – Charlie Chaplin
75. “A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.” – Aesop
76. “The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.” – Norman Vincent Peale
77. “Blue is the color of peace. Water is blue. I like the color blue because it just puts me at peace. The patriotic symbol is blue. I just like blue.” – Antonio Brown
78. “Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” – Johnny Carson
79. “Respect for the rights of others means peace.” – Benito Juarez
80. “Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.” – Elie Wiesel
81. “You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.” – John Lennon
82. “Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to peace and order because they live comparatively better and maybe the losers in civil disturbances.” – Jose Rizal
83. “I do believe in God. But you won’t find me visiting temples every now and then. I believe in self-realization. Peace of mind matters a lot to me. What’s the point in doing something just for the sake of it? I’d rather do something I like doing as long as I’m being true to myself.” – Virat Kohli
84. “Share your smile with the world. It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.” – Christie Brinkley
85. “Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.” – Menachem Begin
86. “Peace begins with a smile.” – Mother Teresa
87. “Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
88. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein
89. “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” – Ronald Reagan
90. “For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
91. “Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” – Erich Fromm
92. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” – George Orwell
93. To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” – George Washington
94. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” – Jimi Hendrix
95. “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha
96. “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” – Francis of Assisi
97. “I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.” – Gerald Jampolsky
98. “Whatever we are waiting for peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance, it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
99. “You’ll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.” – George Michael
100. “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
101. Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children don’t think about yesterday, and they don’t think about tomorrow. They just exist in the moment.” – Jessalyn Gilsig
102. “In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.” – Herodotus
103. “My different personalities leave me in peace now.” – Anna Freud
104. “Every human longs for peace and love.” – Hiawatha
105. When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.” – Jim Morrison
106. You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” – Malcolm X
107. “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin
108. “There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.” – Morihei Ueshiba
109. “If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.” – John Lennon
110. “Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.” – Roy T. Bennett
111. “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
112. “We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
113. “Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.” – Roy T. Bennett
114. “There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness and death.” – Fran Lebowitz
115. “Peace is the number one beautiful ornament you can wear, I really believe that. They say you should always wear a smile, but I don’t believe that you should “always” wear a smile, seriously, you’re going to look stupid! But peace, you should always carry peace within you, it’s the most beautifying thing you could ever have or do.” – C. JoyBell C.
116. “I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.” – Criss Jami
117. “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
118. “There are no military solutions; dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantees of lasting peace.” – Martin McGuinness
119. I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death… I think… peace and tranquillity will return again.” – Anne Frank
120. “If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” – Marvin Gaye
121. “We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
122. “Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.” – Matthieu Ricard
123. “Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.” – James K. Polk
124. “Peace is liberty in tranquillity.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
125. “I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.” – Ulysses S. Grant
126. “We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.” – Anton Chekhov
127. “There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end, we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players.” – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
128. “Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way; everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.” – Dalai Lama
129. “Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinize you, it will immortalize you.” – Sri Chinmoy
130. “Peace is not a result inside us from everything around us. Peace is not submissive nor passive. On the contrary, peace is an overwhelming force which comes from within us, disrespectful of everything around us, a firm coalition of spirit and soul standing against all the unrest that abounds.” – C. JoyBell C.
131. “I’ve made peace with myself. Good for you.That’s the hardest war of all to win. Didn’t say I won. Just stopped fighting.” – Joe Abercrombie
132. “If you want inner peace, unconditionally forgive everyone. If you want world peace, be an example and love everyone.” – Debasish Mridha
133. “To find inner peace, exercise kindness and compassion.” – Debasish Mridha
134. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein
135. “World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.” – Martin Luther King
136. “On the day when we can fully trust each other, there will be peace on Earth.” – L. Ron Hubbard
137. “There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.” – Hans Kung
138. “God’s dream for us is not simply peace of mind, but peace on earth.” – Marcus Borg
139. “There are so many things going on in the world, Babies dying. Mothers crying. How much oil is one human life worth? And whatever happened to peace on earth.” – Willie Nelson
140. “In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.” – Marianne Williamson
141. “Peace on earth begins with birth.” – Jeannine Parvati Baker
142. “Peace cannot be built on exclusivism, absolutism, and intolerance. But neither can it be built on vague liberal slogans and pious programs gestated in the smoke of confabulation. There can be no peace on earth without the kind of inner change that brings man back to his right mind.” – Thomas Merton
143. “Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.” – E. B. White
144. “World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it.” – Peace Pilgrim
145. “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” – John F. Kennedy
146. “I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.” – Queen Victoria
