Peace is calmness and tranquillity;
a time when there are no wars going on or the state of having no war or conflict.
An example of peace, is a feeling you have on a quiet Sunday morning,
as you sit on a deck in the woods and watch the birds.
Synonyms - Quiet, hush , peace , peacefulness , placidity , quiet , quietness,
calm, heartsease , placidity, compatibility , concord , quietude , repose ,
restfulness , serenity , still , stillness.
Antonyms - conflict , contention , discord , dissidence , strife , trouble ; tumult , turmoil ,
unrest , upheaval ; fighting , warfare ; action , battle , combat. strain , stress , tenseness ,
tension ; consternation , desperateness , desperation , discomfort , discomposure ,
dismay, distraction , distress , disturbance , edginess , jitters ,
Peace is one of those things everyone says they want, but can't seem to find.
Related Words: content , contentment , ease ; comfort , consolation , relief , solace , quiet , quietude , repose.
Peace within and among states is a goal of many people and organizations.
In some cultures, inner peace is considered a state of consciousness or enlightenment that may be cultivated by various forms of training, such as prayer, meditation, inner contentment;
serenity: peace of mind interjection.
Peace is a time without any fights or wars.
In a larger sense, peace or peacefulness can mean a state of harmony,
quiet or calm that is not disturbed by anything at all, like a still pond with no ripples.
Pragmatic pacifism holds that the costs of war and inter-personal violence are so substantial,
l that better ways of resolving disputes must be found.
Principled pacifism holds that violence of any form
is an inappropriate response to conflict, and is morally wrong.
Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict, and contention
There are only two powers in this world, the sword and the spirit,
in the long run the sword is always beaten by the spirit.
Peace and love are ever in us, being and working;
but we be not always in peace and in love.
Jews and Christians believe that true peace comes
from a personal relationship with God.
The Book of Isaiah says: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
Being "at peace" is considered by many to be healthy and the opposite
of being stressed or anxious.
Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations:
Room-mates living in peace with each other.
Real peace is the presence of something beautiful.
Both peace and the thirst for it have been in the heart of
every human being in every century and every civilization.
Martin Luther King Jr wrote in a letter he sent from the Birmingham jail that,
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice "
In other words, real peace is more than just problems being gone:
there must be fairness to have peace.
Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions,
slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
However non-dramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on.
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music,
a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war.
If we have the will and determination to mount such a peace offensive,
we will unlock hitherto tightly sealed doors of hope and transform,
our imminent cosmic elegy into a psalm of creative fulfilment.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle
from the negative nuclear arms race, which no one can win to
a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose,
of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.
So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper;
let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace,
a willingness to work for peace, in the hearts and minds of all our people.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war,
but on the positive affirmation of peace.
We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path.
It is not enough to say "We must not wage war "
It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond
our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which
the strong are just the weak secure and the peace preserved.
Save the Earth we can-and save it we must-and then shall we earn the eternal thanks of mankind and,
as peacemakers, the eternal blessing of God. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace.
Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been,
the most calamitous of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.
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Posted by Rev.Bola A. - 17.Nov.13
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