Top 200 Peace Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “All we are saying is give peace a chance.”

— John Lennon

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2. “Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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3. “Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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4. “World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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5. “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

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6. “Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.”

— John Lennon

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7. “Peace begins with a smile.”

— Mother Teresa

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8. “It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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

— Francis of Assisi

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10. “If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”

— John Lennon

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11. “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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12. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.”

— John Lennon

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13. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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

— Jimi Hendrix

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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16. “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”

— Virginia Woolf

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17. “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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18. “All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!”

— Louise Hay

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19. “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it – always.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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20. “Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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21. “Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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22. “Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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23. “When there is no desire, all things are at peace.”

— Lao Tzu

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24. “My religion is kindness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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25. “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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26. “Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.”

— Buddha

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27. “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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28. “Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred – this is the law Eternal.”

— Buddha

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29. “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today...”

— John Lennon

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30. “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 XIV

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31. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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32. “Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

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33. “Smile, breathe, go slowly.”

— Nhat Hanh

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34. “There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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35. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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36. “God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.”

— Desmond Tutu

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37. “When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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38. “If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.”

— S. N. Goenka

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39. “If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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40. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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41. “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

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42. “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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43. “A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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44. “You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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45. “We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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46. “To reach peace, teach peace.”

— Pope John Paul II

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47. “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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48. “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.”

— A. J. Muste

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49. “One love, one heart, one destiny.”

— Bob Marley

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50. “Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.”

— Leo Tolstoy

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