Peace: Quotations & Aspirations

Sample quotes from Peace: Quotations & Aspirations

"Imagine all the people living life in peace." John Lennon (1940–1980) British singer/songwriter

"A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been." Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French writer

"Peace comes within the souls of men when they realize their oneness with the universe." Black Elk (1863–1950) Oglala Sioux spiritual leader

"Embrace perfect peace. The world will rise and move; watch it return to rest." Chapter 16, Tao Te Ching Taoist scripture

"Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, peace is our gift to each other." Elie Wiesel (1928–) Romanian journalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) American musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter

"All the arms we need are for hugging." Author unknown

"Therefore, the various souls relate to one another as parts of one body; and from this point of view, the higher a person rises, the trials and difficulties involved are increasingly concerned with one’s fellow man. For every human being is a part of the single soul that is the spirit of the entire universe." Adin Steinsaltz (1937–) Hebrew author and founder of the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publication

After becoming legally blind with RP (retinitis pigmentosa), Tammy Ruggles began writing when she was forced to retire from her social work job. In 2002 her local newspaper gave her a column of her own, TR’s Topics. Since then she has had close to 80 articles, short fiction stories and online children’s books published. She has contributed to several online entertainment magazines, including Entertainment Insiders and Rock-n-Reel, and she was host of About.com's weekly ClassicTV Trivia Game. Ruggles, who has a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s in adult ed/counseling, sees that the ending of one career was the beginning of another. She says, "I always wanted to be a social worker, and I always wanted to be a professional writer. People are lucky to have one dream come true. I‘m fortunate to have had two. " Tammy Ruggles lives in a small town in Kentucky.