RESOURCES

Peace Quotes

Edelstein's Advice
"Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them."

When You Hear . . .
. . . a man say, "I hate," adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That man may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen over the radio, but his mind is properly dated about 1000 B.C.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK

Peace demands . . .
. . . the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. The Christian fight for peace is not to be confused with defeatism.
THOMAS MERTON

If You Really Seek to Understand . . .
. . . without hypocrisy and without guile, there will be times when you will be literally stunned with the pure knowledge and understanding that will flow to you from another human being. It isn't even always necessary to talk in order to empathize. In fact, sometimes words may just get in your way. That's one very important reason why technique alone will not work. That kind of understanding transcends technique.
STEPHEN R. COVEY

Commitment . . .
. . . is the foundation, the bedrock of any genuinely loving relationship.
M. SCOTT PECK
The Road Less Traveled

A Prayer for Understanding
Oh, great Father, never let me judge another man until I have walked in his moccasins for two weeks.

A Rattlesnake, If Cornered . . .
. . . will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is -- a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.
E. STANLEY JONES

If You Don't Wish to be Prone to Anger . . .
. . . do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase. At first, keep quiet and count the days when you were not angry: "I used to be angry everyday, then every other day; next, every two, then every three days!" and if you succeed in passing thirty days, sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving.
EPICTETUS

Work Hard . . .
. . . to create in your children a good self-image. It's the most important thing you can do to insure their success.
INDIAN PRAYER

We cannot let another person . . .
. . . into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.
M. SCOTT PECK

Let harmlessness be the keynote of your life:

1. Harmlessness in thought. This will primarily result in the control of speech.
   
2. Harmlessness in emotional reaction. This will result in being a channel for the love aspect of the soul.
   
3. Harmlessness in act. This will produce poise, skill in action and the release of the creative will.