He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Marcus Aurelius
Tag: Peace
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possesions. When you at last give your life bringing in alignment to your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.
Peace Pilgrim
Sarvam khalvidam brahma tajjalaniti santa upasita atha khalu…
Sarvam khalvidam brahma
tajjalaniti santa upasita
atha khalu kratumayah puruso
yatha-kratur-asmin-loke puruso
bhavati tathetah pretya bhavati
sa kratum kurvita
-Chandogya Upanishad, 3.14.1
All this is Brahman.
(This) is born from, dissolves in, and exists in That.
Therefore, one should meditate by becoming calm.
Because a person is identified with (one’s) conviction, (therefore) just as the conviction a person has in this world, so does one become after departing from here. Therefore one should shape one’s conviction.
The more you sweat in peace the less…
The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
-Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
I refuse to accept the view that mankind…
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.