(71) Peace on Earth
private collection
8 x 10, oil
~ In this new year, it is my fervent wish and prayer that we find peace in our own hearts, so that we may extend that gift to the world each day ~~FCP
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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God...Matthew: 5:9
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"If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart"...Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)
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"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace"...Buddha
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"The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war"...Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536)
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"There was never a good war or a bad peace"... Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
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"I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers"...Chief Joseph (1840-1904)
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"Good works are links that form a chain of love. I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"...
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
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"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other".... Elie Wiesel (1928- )
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"One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means"...Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
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"Human Beings, indeed all sentient beings, have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom".... The XIVth Dalai Lama (1935- )
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"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding"... Ralph Waldo Emerson (1802-1883)
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"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding"... Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace"...William Gladstone (1809-1898)
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"It is possible to live in peace"...Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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"There is no way to peace; peace is the way"...A.J. Muste (1885-1967)
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"Let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people."...John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
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"To reach peace, teach peace"...Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
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"All we are saying is give PEACE a chance...
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
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 (1940-1980)