200+ World Peace Quotes To Bring Harmony To Humanity

To find world peace, the whole world must be able to tolerate one another and there must be freedom of expression and speech in the world.

World leaders talk at length about world peace. As a matter of fact, leaders of the world owe it to us world to ensure that there is peace in the world.

There are many popular world peace quotes from notable figures like Martin Luther King Jr, Thich Nhat Hanh, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, or even Mahatma Gandhi.

Peace cannot exist without the power of love, which is why Martin Luther King Jr, Thich Nhat Hanh and Albert Einstein have used their words to bring peace to the world and help the world make peace.

If you are looking for quotes about peacefulness, you have come to the right article. This list of quotes about peace and love includes quotes about finding peace, quotes about inner peace, peaceful mind quotes, quotes about peace in the world, live in peace quotes and pray for world peace quotes.

Whether you are looking for love and peace quotes or peaceful world quotes, these quotes about world peace are for you!

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Inspiring World Peace Quotes

These world peace quotes and peace in life quotes are here to inspire you. These inspiring peace in the world quotes might even help you to find inner peace.

1. “The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.”

- C. Joybell C.

2. “It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”

- Aristotle.

3. “The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.”

– Carlos Santana.

4. “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

5. “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.”

- Dalai Lama.

6. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

7. "Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on."

- Criss Jami, Salomé.

8. "If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes, and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors."

- Frank Sinatra.

9. "No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.”

- Louise L. Hay.

10. “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.

11. “Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as one.”

- John Lennon, 'Imagine'.

12. “Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating — these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything.”

- Wayne Dyer.

13. “I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war… But we have no more urgent task.”

- John F. Kennedy.

14. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

- Margaret Mead.

15. “Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the world. If we allow worry to fill our hearts, sooner or later we will get sick.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh.

16. “You never change anything by fighting the existing. To change something, build a new model, and make the existing obsolete!”

- Buckminster Fuller.

17. “Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration, and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”

- President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

18. “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that generation.”

- Nelson Mandela.

19. “The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”

- Mahatma Gandhi.

20. “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

- Victor Frankl.

21. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”

- Maya Angelou.

22. “The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness.”

- Gandhi.

23. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

24. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

25. “We aren’t passengers on Spaceship Earth. We’re the crew. We aren’t residents on this planet. We’re citizens. The difference in both cases is responsibility.”

- Rusty Schweickart.

26. “By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively - a never-ending process”

- Johan Galtung.

27. “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

- Albert Einstein.

28. “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day.”

- E.B. White.

29. “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”

- Mother Teresa.

30. “Decide to network. Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams.

- Unknown*.

31. “Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place’.”

- Marianne Williamson.

32. “Anger is the ultimate destroyer of peace of mind.”

Dalai Lama.

33. "Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

- Desmond Tutu.

34. "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."

- Robert Muller.

35. "If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world."

- 14th Dalai Lama.

36. "If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

- Desmond Tutu.

37. Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.”

- Gerald Jampolsky.

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. "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

- Thomas Jefferson.

40. "One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history."

- Peace Pilgrim.

41." If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.”

- Unknown*.

42. "For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the Universe."

- Larry Eisenberg.

43. "I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

44. "Never, ‘for the sake of peace and quiet’, deny your own experience or convictions."

- Dag Hammarskjold.

45. "Peace is something we must all work for, every day."

- Ban Ki-moon.

46. "Everyone’s a pacifist between wars. It’s like being a vegetarian between meals."

- Colman McCarthy.

47. "It’s time for us to turn to each other, not on each other."

- Jesse Jackson.

48. "Be selective in your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right."

- Unknown*.

49. "Either war is obsolete or men are."

- R. Buckminster Fuller.

50. “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

- Buddha.

51. “If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.”

- John Lennon.

52. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

- Muhammad Ali.

53. “To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.”

- Yogi Bhajan.

54. “Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”

- Swami Vivekananda.

55“Remain calm in every situation because peace equals power.”

- Joyce Meyer.

56. “Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.”

- Christian D. Larson.

57. “Inner peace is when you do what’s right and let go of the rest.”

- Maxime Lagacé.

58. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.”

- Publilius Syrus.

59. “Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”

- Eric Hoffer.

60. "You who want peace can find it only by complete forgiveness."

- Helen Schucman.

61. "Being thankful can reap many benefits for you like peace and joy."

- Jeff & Michelle Niederstadt.

62. "Love is benevolent and harmonious - a haven of peace."

- Simon May, 'Love: A History'.

63. "The greatest quest in life has always been the search for peace."

- Richard Daly.

64. "It's only God who gives you peace and rest."

- Greta Zwaan.

65. "Money can never buy happiness, or peace of mind."

- Catherine Pulsifer.

66. "Peace is not only better than war but infinitely more arduous."

- George Bernard Shaw.

67. "Peace comes from justice, and justice comes from truth."

- Rudy Scarfalloto.

68. "Peace and harmony can only remove human suffering and degradation."

- M K Soni.

69. "Think of the peace of mind you’ll have by just simply telling the truth."

- Sandra Forbes.

70. "Even in midst of chaos and heartache, you can find peace."

- Willow Cross.

71. "The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

72. "Peace begins with a smile."

- Mother Teresa.

73. "Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower.

74. "Nobody can bring you peace but yourself."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Famous Leader Quotes For A Peaceful Mind

Different leaders have said one or two things about peace. Some living peacefully quotes and peaceful quotes about life from famous leaders can be seen below. Will you find your favorite quote about peace amongst these sayings about peace?

75. "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

76. "China will always remain the builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and upholder of international order."

- Xi Jinping.

77. "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.

78."You cannot find peace by avoiding life."

- Virginia Woolf.

79. "To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order."

- Arthur Henderson.

80. "My new hotels will play a leading role in promoting world peace."

- Conrad Hilton.

81. "Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace."

- Eddie Bernice Johnson.

82. "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

- Albert Einstein.

83. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

- Jimi Hendrix.

84. "When you make peace with yourself, you make peace with the world."

- Maha Ghosananda.

85. “Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

- Gandhi.

86. “Of all our dreams today, there is none more important – or so hard to realize – than that of peace in the world.”

- Lester B. Pearson.

87. “First make peace inside yourself.”

- Nick Nolte.

88. “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”

- Seymour Miller.

89. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

- Mahatma Gandhi.

90. “Be the peace you seek.”

- Bryant McGill.

91. “No two leaves are alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.”

- Mahatma Gandhi.

92. “I think that if we would stop trying to impress each other, we might be able to love each other.”

- Joyce Meyer.

93. “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh.

94. “We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”.

- Dwight Eisenhower.

95. “Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.”

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.

96. “World peace can be achieved when, in each person, the power of love replaces the love of power.”

- Sri Chinmoy.

97. “The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.”

- Peace Pilgrim.

98. “Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.”

- David O. McKay.

99. "Our heart is wide enough to embrace the world and hands are long enough to encompass the world."

- Amit Ray.

100. "World peace starts with the Creator - Jesus!"

- Mary Kate.

101. "Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness."

- Amit Ray.

102. "Kindness has no religion. Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky."

- Amit Ray.

103. "Imagine all the people living life in peace.”

- John Lennon, 'Imagine'.

104. “One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”

- Sophocles.

105. "Those feelings of completeness, peace, no more striving, no fear, are mental states."

- Gelong Thubten.

106. "Truth will always be the path to peace."

- Tsang Lindsay.

107. "Peace is not something that can be 'achieved' but rather something that one must become."

- Beau Norton.

108. "Peace brings with it so many positive emotions that it is worth aiming for in all circumstances."

- Estella Eliot.

109. The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil."

- Thomas Edison.

110. "Calm is the magic elixir that brings you to a place of balance, harmony, and peace."

- Donald Altman.

111. "Making peace with your own backstory, and accepting that not all of it is good, is vital."

- Fearne Cotton.

112. "The destruction of the world didn’t happen overnight, and neither will saving it."

- Tahereh Mafi.

113. "The job of the united nations is to grow more flowers and more smiles on the earth."

- Amit Ray.

114. "When you have power and use it for destructive purpose: you don't deserve it."

- Udai Yadla.

115. "There may never be world peace but there will always be love."

- Jonathan Anthony Burkett.

116. "The objective of nonviolence is to create a beloved world community."

- Amit Ray.

117. "Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world."

- Munia Khan.

118. "Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell."

- Raheel Farooq.

119. "Your blessings are very important to melt down the stony hearts."

- Amit Ray.

120. "I am for true world peace and building a beautiful global garden for our children."

- Suzy Kassem.

121. Discussion can solve problems that guns and pills cannot.

- Abhijit Naskar.

122. "A world where there is more love than not is a better world."

- Melanie D. West.

123. "Despite our differences, I consider everyone with a good heart to be my ally in creating a better, more peaceful world."

- Laurence Overmire.

124. "As long as we insist on hanging on to our hate, the world will not know peace."

- Laurence Overmire.

125. "I use words to change the world because guns are outdated."

- Abhijit Naskar.

126. “True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.”

- Jane Addams.

127. “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.

128. “Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.”

- Maria Montessori.

129. “I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”

-  Kurt Vonnegut.

130. “He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.”

-  Benjamin Franklin.

131. “I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”

- Helen Keller.

132. “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

- St. Francis of Assisi.

133. “Be a peacemaker in everyday life. Display peace in everything you do. Be peace. Live in peace.”

- Buddhist Proverb.

134. “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations… entangling alliances with none.”

- Thomas Jefferson.

More Quotes About Peace And World Peace Quotes

A lot of authors have written a line or two about peace. Below are some world peace quotes and sayings for peace.

135. "The universe is all around you, but its greater dimensions are within you."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

136. "Only those who really experienced the war will want to preserve peace with all their might."

- Andreas Hartinger, 'Until The Eyes Shut'.

137. "Peace cannot be delivered till ordered."

- P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar.

138. "Give up being right, instead radiate peace, harmony, love and laughter from your heart.”

- Deepak Chopra.

139. "You have not lived peacefully if you don't die peacefully."

- P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar.

140. "An ounce of joy is greater than a pound of happiness."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

141. "Peace is love in its most graceful state."

- J. Autherine, 'Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul'.

142. "If peace flows like a river, may it flow into the ocean of our souls."

- J. Autherine, 'Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul'.

143. "Peace and love grow more flowers in your garden!"

- Avijeet Das.

144. "Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."

- Sallust.

145. "I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."

- Thomas Paine.

146. "Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

- Dalai Lama.

147. "Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves."

- William Hazlitt.

148. “Love is my weapon, music is my religion, peace is in my soul.”

- Unknown*.

149. "Those feelings of completeness, peace, no more striving, no fear, are mental states.

- Gelong Thubten, 'A Monk's Guide To Happiness'.

150. "The most important thing in my father's life? World peace. Me and my brother. My mom."

- Sean Lennon.

151. "'You have peace', the old woman said, 'when you make it with yourself'.”

- Mitch Albom, 'The Five People You Meet In Heaven'.

152. "Don’t search for anything except peace. Try to calm the mind. Everything else will come on its own.”

- Baba Hari Das.

153. “Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.”

- Roy T. Bennett, 'The Light In The Heart'.

154. "You cannot find peace by avoiding life."

- Michael Cunningham, 'The Hours'.

155. "The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero.

156. "Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism."

- Benazir Bhutto.

157. "Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."

- Henry David Thoreau.

158. "One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible."

- Daniel Berrigan.

159. "Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by."

- Maria Schell.

160. "World peace begins with inner peace."

- Dalai Lama.

161. "World peace is one project that we have to do together."

- Yoko Ono.

162. "Individual peace is the unit of world peace."

- David Lynch.

163. "Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible."

- Dalai Lama.

164. "Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace."

- Dalai Lama.

165. "Peace is the first thing the angels sang."

- John Keble.

166. "Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war."

- John Holmes.

167. "If there is to be peace in the home,

There must be peace in the heart.”

- Lao Tzu.

168. "There is no way to peace; peace is the way.”

- A.J. Muste.

169. "Peace-making is a healing process and it begins with me, but it does not end there.”

- Gene Knudsen Hoffman.

170. "The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace."

- Silvia Cartwright.

171. "You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace."

- Geraldine Ferraro.

172. "We should respect all religions and just believe in peace, kindness, and harmony."

- Ananya Panday.

173. "Be the peace you would like to see in the world."

- Gillian Duce, 'Blight In The Ocean (Magic And Mayhem 3)'.

174. "Give hope. Impart peace. Share joy. Spread love."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

175. "When you are wise, peace shall follow."

- Abhijit Naskar.

176. "World peace can happen. One peaceful person at a time."

- Etta Sawyerr.

177. "To achieve peace let go of guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

178. "Pray for faith, hope for peace, strive for unity, and persevere for harmony."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

179. "Love is black. Love is white. Love is brown. Love is humanity."

- Matshona Dhliwayo.

180. "Peace does not walk up to our doorsteps and press the calling bell! We have to go out there and search for it."

- Avijeet Das.

181. “Peace is liberty in tranquility.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero.

182. "When things change inside you, things change around you."

- Unknown*.

183. “More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt.

184. “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

- Pericles.

185. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

- Edith Wharton.

186. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

- Thomas Jefferson.

187. "Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?"

- David Baldacci.

188. "You were placed on this earth to create not to compete."

- Robert Anthony.

189. "Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."

- Amelia Earhart.

190. "If we want to reach real peace in this world, we should start educating children."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

191. "Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

- Buddha.

192. "Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace."

-  Buddha.

193. "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."

- Dalai Lama.

194. "Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without."

- Siddhārtha Gautama.

195. "There is no way to peace, there is only peace."

- Mahatma Gandhi.

196. "Peace is the only battle worth waging."

- Albert Camus.

197. "Your inner peace is your outer foundation."

- Allan Rufus.

198. "War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."

- Thomas Mann.

199. "There was never a good war or a bad peace."

- Benjamin Franklin.

200. If you want peace, you won’t get it with violence."

- John Lennon.

201. "Avoid popularity if you would have peace."

- Abraham Lincoln.

202. "Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."

- Nelson Mandela.

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