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I found quantities of phrases like qui melius scit pati, majorem tenebit pacem [he who knows how to suffer well shall find the most peace], or Nolle consolari ab aliqua creatura magnae puritatis signum est [to refuse comfort from any creature is a sign of great faith], or the lovely per viam pacis, ad patriam perpetuae claritatis [by the way of peace to the country of everlasting clearness] that seemed to be made for me and which I have never forgotten.
Samuel Beckett / Courtesy Aeon
“I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.”
~ Hunter Thompson
“I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
~ Buddha
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
~ Buddha
“I find my thoughts, increasingly, not on the supernatural or spiritual but on what is meant by living a good and worthwhile life – achieving a sense of peace within oneself.”
~ Oliver Sacks / Gratitude