He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. And he chose solitude. Not solitude – that sounds too peaceful. More like solitary confinement.
To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
Sweep the broom Over sand and stone. Softly, gently, Brush away the dust. Listen to the leaves As they sing in the tree. Peace fills the soul When living well.
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
Hope, and faith that your efforts will have been enough. And as much peace as you can muster with the possibility that they won’t.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
I will be so glad for you to hear not the sounds of gunfire but the sounds of church bells, and of people working in peace.
It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.
I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there.
The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.
The boys have to have a chance to be at peace, at rest, without someone listening, to favor or despise them depending on the way they talk act and think.
2.27 THE ULTIMATE With compassion and renunciation walking, With wants and desires ever shedding, With love within one’s heart flowing, Peace and Divinity shall never be wanting. [158] - 2
I once had a complete life - in love, in envy, in pains. Now, I was living a death. A peaceful, gorgeous, liberating death.
The return of solitude was not quite as Dina expected it to be. These many years I made a virtue of inescapable reality, she thought, calling it peace and quiet.
Today the aggressor is the shepherd of peace, and the beaten and hunted are the troublemakers of the world. What's more, there are whole races who believe it!
Sex could be a blissful communion,. But it could also be a weapon, and its absence, sometimes, was required for the establishment of peace.
In our stillness, we acknowledge God's greatness and we are at peace in our life. Stillness saturates us in the Presence of God.
Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure.
What are world needs is not more violence, hatred and injustice that keeps consuming mankind but love,peace and justice for all of humanity to bask in.
Living your life working for peace and a better humanity is an awesome task. Even if you are mocked, laughed at and ridiculed for it...there is no better way.
A blanket can be a meditation device. If the blanket is white, and you stare at it, you can blank out your mind and find peace within yourself.
