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 | Excerpts from Heart to Heart, Children Speak of Peace |
| Famous People on Peace |
| Quotes from Various Sources |
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There are 1,440 minutes in a day.
That means there are 86,400 seconds.
I can afford to contribute 5 minutes to world peace.
I can afford to contribute 300 seconds to world peace.
That leaves 1,435 minutes for me.
That leaves 86,100 seconds for me....
The following quotes come from the book Heart to Heart, Children Speak of Peace, a selection of essays and quotes from entries in the first two years of The Radiant Peace Foundation's Peace Essay Awards.
If the world is to become a peaceful place, we must all start out with inner peace. Then, we would be able to share it with others. The words to the song really are meaningful. Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.
-- Kelon B., 4th grade, Atlanta, GA
Teacher: Ms. Dodd
(Honorable Mention, First Annual Peace Essay Awards)
"When I wake up in the morning I hug each of my dogs. This makes them happy. If I woke up and started yelling at my dogs, they would soon be snarling at each other. Animals and people are a lot alike because they both have the same feelings. If people are nice to each other every morning then everyone might be very happy all day and kids would not fight and teachers would not be grouchy."
--Arthur M., 4th grade, Jamaica Plain, MA
Teacher: Ms. McNamee
"Peace means to me love inside. The World is peace. I'm Peace. Wind is Peace. Trees have Peace inside. Stars are Peace. Night is Peace."
--Jason C., 2nd grade, Phoenix, AZ
Teacher: B. Culton
"Peace is the belief you have in yourself. It is what you should want to have within yourself.... It is what holds you and I together. Peace holds many secrets. It is in everybody whether or not you are black, white, red or yellow. Peace -- what a wonderful choice!!"
--April S., 5th grade, Bradford, AR
Teacher: Ms. Brewer
Our true home is in the present moment.
To live in the present moment is a miracle.
The miracle is not to walk on water.
The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment,
to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
Peace is all around us -
in the world and in nature -
and within us -
in our bodies and our spirits.
Once we learn to touch this peace,
we will be healed and transformed.
It is not a matter of faith;
it is a matter of practice.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
-- Gandhi
It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd... Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... and yet... I think... this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquillity will return again.
-- Anne Frank
Know what you love and do what you love. If you don't do what you love, you're just wasting your time.
-- Billy Joel, upon receiving an honorary doctorate degree at Hofstra University (NY), as quoted by "Newsweek"
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
-- Toni Morrison, The Dancing Mind (1996)
Everybody can be great.
Because anybody can serve.
You don't have to have a college degree to serve.
You don't have to make sure your subject and your verb agree to serve.
You don't have to know about Plato and Einstein to serve.
You don't have to know Einstein's theory to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace.
A soul generated by love.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
People say that walking on water is a miracle; but to me, walking peacefully on Earth is the real miracle.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
All other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before Service which is rendered in a spirit of Joy.
-- Gandhi
Nothing that the heart gives away is gone, it is kept in the hearts of others.
on the plaque for "Baby" Jessie McClure
All I want is Peace from the brethren and sistren, standing in a world of reality.... My greatest pleasure is serving you...and you... yes, you!
Reggae song "Peace" from the album Identity (Mango Records, 1988)
You can't climb a mountain with downhill thoughts
Fifth Annual Peace Essay Awards
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