Inspirations for International Peace Day

Still I have deep faith in humanity and I know peace is possible. The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes from the souls of people. Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. Peace is a long journey every one of us must take steps to achieve that. We are made of different colors and we have different cultures. We are all different! We need to learn to accept and love differences in the world.

International Day of Peace is observed on September 21st each year. On this day, the UN urges all hostilities to stop and embrace every one with love. Sometimes unofficially this day is called as World Peace Day. The day was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly and in 2001, the General Assembly voted to designate the day as a period of non-violence and ceasefire.

To mark the day, here is 16 famous quotes with images about peace.

1. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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2. “Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence.” — Amit Ray

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3. 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

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4. We are not on a journey to become the same or to be the same. But we are on a journey to see that in all of our differences, that is what makes us beautiful as a human race. — C. JoyBell C.

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5. “The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.” — Marianne Williamson

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6. “The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.” — Amit Ray

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7. “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” — Albert Einstein

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8. “Mankind must put an end to war – or war will put an end to mankind.” — John F. Kennedy

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9. “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.” — Nelson Mandela

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10. “If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.”  — Peter McWilliams

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11. “If you judge people you have no time to love them.” — Mother Teresa

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12. “If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.” — Confucius

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13. “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

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14. ‘If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. — Mother Teresa

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15. “If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

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16. “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.” — Gautama Buddha

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Awakening the God Within You

The power of the God is the ascending energy. Those who know God consciousness are on the upward flow of energy; they are awakening to the God, to the power of the Light and Sound, to the greater God of all life. I will discuss quotes in an effort to show you that you are God, and that if you understand these quotes then it is actually in alignment with the truth of the teaching to believe that you are God.

God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful.- Mother Teresa

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There is a God part in you. The consciousness. The pure Self. Learn to listen the voice of that Power. – Amit Ray

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There is one thing, and only one thing, in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth.” ― Leo Tolstoy

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21 Top Compassion Quotes

1. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

2. “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.” ― Mother Teresa

3. “There are many goals but one path – the path of compassion.” – Amit Ray

4. “In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert,

5. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ― Aesop

6. “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

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7. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ― Gautama Buddha

8. “We have to make mistakes, it’s how we learn compassion for others.” ― Curtis Sittenfeld, American Wife

9. The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

10.“Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

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11. “When you find yourself in need of spiritual nourishment, it is in the opportunities to serve others that you will find the abundance you seek.” ― Steve Maraboli,

12. “At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling period wisdom sets in; finally, the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.” ― Ana Monnar

13. “We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.” ― Sharon Salzberg

18. “We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all.” ― Amit Ray

19. “Ayurveda teaches us to love “as is” – not as we think people “should be.” ― Lissa Coffey

20. Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.- Henry Ward Beecher

21. “Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.” – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Secret of Life – Quotes

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.- Socrates

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Your greatest awakening comes, when you are aware about your infinite nature. – Amit Ray

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Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. ― Mother Teresa

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A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.  ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry