There is no way to peace; peace is the way

Lately I have been battling a few thing with myself and I am a huge one on having peace within my life. Just to bring it back around to me, I thought I would post some of my favorite quotes by some amazing people. Take it for what it is and maybe, just maybe, you will find your peace today within.

There is no way to peace; peace is the way. ~ A.J. Muste

I think a pillow should be the peace symbol, not the dove. The pillow has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have a beak to peck you with. ~ Jack Handey

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. ~ Jimmy Carter

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ~ Moshe Dayan

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings. ~ John F. Kennedy

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. ~ Thomas Merton

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. ~ Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Let this be on your mind, not only today (election day) but everyday that you awake to find ourself living the life that you choose to live. Has any of these quotes struck a chord with you?

All we are saying is give peace a chance. ~ John Lennon