All Quotes By Tag: Peace
“When we think of something, we create a mental image of it, and our image is then always filtered through our mental perception. We may meet someone one day when they are in a bad mood, we then make a false assumption that this person does not like us. We have created an image of this person, and now every time we meet them, we associate this person with our negative mental image of them. We don’t interact with them as they are in this moment; we interact with how we think they are.”
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“We spend so much of our time lost in thought, trying to label everything as isolated objects and events. Though we fail to realize that our thoughts are incapable of defining anything in its totality. We can think about a situation for as long as we want to, but our thoughts will never know the situation exactly as it exists.”
“The majority of people in modern society feel separated—from the world, each other, and themselves. This feeling of separation is a resultfrom we humans attempting to separate ourselves from nature, and consequently forgetting who we really are.”
“Our perception is our window to the world, and we need to wipe the dust off of our window often so we can continue to see through it clearly.”
“Many people have failing relationships because they have not really fallen in love with each other, but they have fallen for the mental images they have created of one another. We assume we know our partner, we think about them nonstop, creating many different ideas of who they are, what they like, and how we will be together, then as soon as our partner does something that doesn’t fit with our mental image of them, we become sad, upset, confused, or heart broken. Our partner did not cause our suffering; we caused it, through our false perceptions and mental images.”
“Much of our suffering is caused by our false perceptions and attachment to mental images. We assume things to be true without really knowing whether they are true or not, then create a world of hurt for ourselves and others.”
“Peace doesn’t deny difficulty, but it has an inner calm and quietness even while enduring the difficulty.”
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“So really…what is war? A senseless battle between men’s inflated ego.”
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“War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides.”
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“Don’t ever stop believing in your own transformation. It is still happening even on days you may not realize it or feel like it.”
“I’m not convinced that the universe is balanced. Maybe for the universe to be balanced, first we need to be balanced, becauseit’s only then can balance really be delivered. I’m pretty sure if I view the world as a bitter, twisted individual, all I will meet are other bitter, twisted people. When I acknowledge my emtions, but embrace awareness I find balance. When I fight my emotions I find imbalance.”
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“Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.”
“Before we complicated life with money, machines and missiles we did well with morals, manpower and meetings.”
“When you are wise, peace shall follow.”
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“Let someone else be the most powerful country, make ours the most peaceful country.”