Peace Quotes

Quotes on Peace by the Catholic Saints

Peace begins with a smile. - Blessed Mother Teresa

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. --Saint Jerome

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? --Saint Gerard Majella

The best way to acquire that peace which is born of the love of God, the inexhaustible Source of all virtues, is to accept all tribulations, whether spiritual or temporal, as coming directly from the paternal hand of God; to look upon all unpleasant events as very costly gifts presented to us by our heavenly Father; to repeat often the sacred word of Our Saviour: "Yea Father, for so hath it seemed good in Thy sight. (Matt. xi. 26.)'  - St. Paul of the Cross

From humility of heart proceed serenity of mind, gentleness of conduct, interior peace, and every good. - St. Paul of the Cross

Keep your soul at peace, in order to be able to be attentive and very faithful to the inner movement of the Holy Spirit. --Saint Peter Julian Eymard

Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.  -St. Therese of Lisieux

If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live.  - St. Poemen

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. --St. Francis de Sales

Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?  - St. Gerard Majella

He who is humble easily obeys everyone, fears to offend anyone, is at peace with everyone, is kind with all.  --St Thomas of Villanova

Our Lord wishes us to have great charity for our neighbor, for whom we should pray as for ourselves; it is one of the characteristic effects of this devotion to reconcile hearts and to bring peace to souls. - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.  --Saint Alphonsus Liguori

As long as a single passion reigns in our hearts, though all the others should have been overcome, the soul will never enjoy peace.  -- St. Joseph Calasanctius

A great means to preserve continual peace and tranquility of soul is to receive everything from the hands of God, both great and small, and in whatever way it comes.  --St. Dorotheus

You will note that the Lord establishes as the prime good contemplation, that is the gaze turned in the direction of the things of God. Hence we say that the other virtues, however useful and good we may say they are, must nevertheless be put on a secondary level, since they are all practiced for the sake of this one. "You are full of worry and are upset over many things when actually it should be over a few or even one." In saying this the Lord locates the primary good not in activity, however praiseworthy, however abundantly fruitful, but in the truly simple and unified contemplation of Himself.  - St. John Cassian

Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred, oppression and disunity, but not by using methods of violence. Building peace requires creative and courageous action. --Pope John Paul II

The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.”  --Saint Thomas Aquinas

See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!  --St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney

Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy. (300)  --Diary of St Faustina, Divine Mercy in my Soul

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. --Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.  -St. Francis

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. --Blessed Mother Teresa

The best way to acquire that peace which is born of the love of God, the inexhaustible Source of all virtues, is to accept all tribulations, whether spiritual or temporal, as coming directly from the paternal hand of God; to look upon all unpleasant events as very costly gifts presented to us by our heavenly Father; to repeat often the sacred word of Our Saviour: "Yea Father, for so hath it seemed good in Thy sight. (Matt. xi. 26.) - St. Paul of the Cross

Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons