Top 160 Peace Pilgrim Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.”

— Peace Pilgrim

102. “In order to help usher in the golden age we must see the good in people. We must know it is there, no matter how deeply it may be buried. Yes, apathy is there and selfishness is there – but good is there also. It is not through judgment that the good can be reached, but through love and faith.”

— Peace Pilgrim

103. “Are you a slave to your self-centered nature or does your divine nature guide your life? Do you kow that every moment of your life you’re creating through thought? You create your own inner condition; you’re helping create the conditions around you.”

— Peace Pilgrim

104. “We people of the world need to find ways to get to know one another – for then we will recognize that our likenesses are so much greater than our differences, however great our differences may seem. Every cell, every human being, is of equal importance and has work to do in this world.”

— Peace Pilgrim

105. “All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do – every good word you say – every positive thought you think – has a good effect.”

— Peace Pilgrim

106. “I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given.”

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107. “Life is a mixture of successes and failures. May you be encouraged by the successes and strengthened by the failures. As long as you never lose faith in God, you will be victorious over any situation you may face.”

— Peace Pilgrim

108. “If only you could see the whole picture, if you knew the whole story, you would realize that no problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life, that cannot contribute to your inner growth.”

— Peace Pilgrim

109. “There is a spark of good in everybody, no matter how deeply it may be buried. It is the real you.”

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110. “I would like to emphasize again that right prayer leads to right action, that faith without works is dead. An excellent way to put thoughts into action is to write a letter for peace.”

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111. “Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.”

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112. “People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.”

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113. “When societies are out of harmony, problems develop within the society – collective problems. Their purpose is to push the whole society toward harmony.”

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114. “Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission. While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless, day after day.”

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115. “If you give your life as a prayer, you intensify the prayer beyond all measure.”

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116. “Most human beings only scratch the surface of their real potential. They have no idea what they’re capable of.”

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117. “I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free myself of combative, aggressive thoughts. I have also cast aside any unnecessary possessions. This, I feel, is true liberation.”

— Peace Pilgrim

118. “It is my mission as a pilgrim to act as a messenger expressing spiritual truths. It is a task which I accept joyfully, and I desire nothing in return, neither praise or glory, nor the glitter of silver and gold. I simply rejoice to be able to follow the whisperings of a Higher Will.”

— Peace Pilgrim

119. “It’s very important to get your desires centered so you will desire only to do God’s will for you. You can come to the point of oneness of desire, just to know and do your part in the Life Pattern. When you think about it, is there anything else as really important to desire?”

— Peace Pilgrim

120. “Although others may feel sorry for you, never feel sorry for yourself: it has a deadly effect on spiritual well-being. Recognize all problems, no matter how difficult, as opportunities for spiritual growth, and make the most of these opportunities.”

— Peace Pilgrim

121. “Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you’ll hardly have time to think about food.”

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122. “Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.”

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123. “If you don’t have enough you won’t be happy. Neither are you happy if you have too much. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.”

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124. “I walk until given shelter, fast until given food. I don’t ask – it’s given without asking. Aren’t people good! There’s a spark of good in everybody, no mater how deeply it may be buried. It’s waiting to govern your life gloriously.”

— Peace Pilgrim

125. “If you did not face problems you would just drift through life. It is through solving problems in accordance with the highest light we have that inner growth is attained.”

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126. “If you are not radiant with joy and friendliness, if you are not filled to overflowing with love and goodwill for all beings and all creatures and all creation, one thing is certain: you do not know God!”

— Peace Pilgrim

127. “Religion is not an end in itself. One’s union with God is the ultimate goal. There are so many religions because immature people tend to emphasize trivial differences instead of important likenesses. Differences between faiths lie in creeds and rituals rather than in religious principles...”

— Peace Pilgrim

128. “There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.”

— Peace Pilgrim

129. “To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy – health and happiness and inner peace.”

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130. “We are that which activates the body.”

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131. “I have faith that God will care for me, and God does provide my needs. I don’t in any way feel insecure because I don’t know where I will sleep at night, where or when I will eat next. When you have spiritual security, you have no more feeling of need for material security.”

— Peace Pilgrim

132. “What people really suffer from is immaturity. Among mature people war would not be a problem – it would be impossible.”

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133. “Do not suppress it – that would hurt you inside. Do not express it – this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.”

— Peace Pilgrim

134. “Collective problems must be solved by all of us, collectively, and no one finds inner peace who avoids doing his or her share in the solving of collective problems.”

— Peace Pilgrim

135. “If democracy is control by the people, as it is supposed to be, it is the right form of government. I believe in a complete democracy – individual, political, social, economic. If we really had that, which we don’t now, it would be in harmony with divine purpose.”

— Peace Pilgrim

136. “Religion is to be used as a stepping stone to God but it must never be used as a tower to hold one aloft from others. We are all cells in the body of humanity. When anyone attempts to isolate another, they only isolate themselves more.”

— Peace Pilgrim

137. “You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole – you have to stop working for your little selfish interests. That’s the secret of it. In this world you are given as you give.”

— Peace Pilgrim

138. “Faith is a belief in things that your senses have not experienced and your mind does not understand, but you have touched them in other ways and have accepted them. It is easy for one to speak of faith; it is another thing to live it.”

— Peace Pilgrim

139. “Humanity can only improve as people improve. When you have improved your life, you can inspire those around you to want to improve their lives. Remember that a few in harmony with God’s will are more powerful than multitudes out of harmony.”

— Peace Pilgrim

140. “The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course-service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have good effect. The secret of life is being of service.”

— Peace Pilgrim

141. “The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.”

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142. “The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one’s life.”

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143. “You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord.”

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144. “We spend a great deal of time telling God what we think should be done, and not enough time waiting in the stillness for God to tell us what to do.”

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145. “I began my pilgrimage on the first of January in 1953. It is my spiritual birthday of sorts. It was a period in which I was merged with the whole. No longer was I a seed buried under the ground, but I felt as a flower reaching out effortlessly toward the sun.”

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146. “Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you’re crazy. It has been truthfully said that the world is equally shocked by one who repudiates Christianity as by one who practices it.”

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147. “If your life is in harmony, then your life is full and good, but not overcrowded. If it is overcrowded, you are doing more than is right for you, more than is your job to do in the total scheme of things.”

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148. “If you recognize that all of your inner hurts are caused by your own wrong actions or your own wrong reactions or your own wrong inaction, then you will stop hurting yourself.”

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149. “If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and silent, and wonderful insights would come to me.”

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150. “When we hear a prediction of some disaster we need to throw the entire weight of our positive thought in the opposite direction!”

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