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Peace
Quotes From Peace
Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
"Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with
God is the ultimate goal. There are so many religions
because immature people tend to emphasize trivial
differences instead of important likenesses. Differences
between faiths lie in creeds and rituals rather than in
religious principles...If you are guided toward a faith,
use it as a stepping stone to God, not as a barrier
between yourself and God's other children or as a tower
to hold you aloft from others. If you are not guided
toward a faith (or even if you are) seek God in the
silence - seek within."
"If we could put material things into their proper
place, and use them without being attached to them, how
much freer we would be. Then we wouldn't burden ourselves
with things we don't need. If we could only realize that
we are all cells in the same body of humanity - then we
would think of having enough for all, not too much for
some and too little for others."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for September 2000 -
"When you come into this world your jobs in the
divine plan are there. They just need to be realized and
lived. If you do not yet know where you fit, I suggest
that you try seeking it in receptive silence. I used to
walk amid the beauties of nature, just receptive and
silent, and wonderful insights would come to me."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for August 2000 - "There
are those who know and do not do. This is very sad. In
this materialistic age we have such a false criterion by
which to measure success. We measure it in terms of
dollars, in terms of material things. But happiness and
inner peace do not lie in that direction. If you know and
do not do, you are a very unhappy person indeed."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for July 2000 - "In
order to help usher in the golden age we must see the
good in people. We must know it is there, no matter how
deeply it may be buried. Yes, apathy is there and
selfishness is there - but good is there also. It is not
through judgment that the good can be reached, but
through love and faith."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for June 2000 - "We
can only change through example. Therefore, if I had the
power to do so in this country I would set a very gentle,
good example. I would establish a Peace Department in our
government. It would have very useful work to do. It
would research peaceful ways of resolving conflicts, war
prevention measures and economic adjustments to peace. It
would be established with some fanfare and we would ask
every other nation to establish similar departments and
come and work with us for peace. I think many nations
would be willing to do so. Communications among the Peace
Departments would be a step toward peace in our world."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for May 2000 - "Do
not believe in me or any other teacher, rather trust in
your own inner voice. This is your guide, this is your
teacher. Your teacher is within not without. Know
yourself, not me!"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for April 2000 - "Remember
that no one can hurt you except yourself. If someone does
a mean thing to you, that person is hurt. You are not
really hurt unless you become embittered, or unless you
become angry and perhaps do a mean thing in return."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for March 2000 - "When
you have done the spiritual growing up you realize that
every human being is of equal importance, has work to do
in this world, and has equal potential. We are in many
varied stages of growth; this is true because we have
free will. You have free will as to whether you will
finish the mental and emotional growing up. Many choose
not to."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for February 2000 -
"Although others may feel sorry for you, never feel
sorry for yourself: it has a deadly effect on spiritual
well-being. Recognize all problems, no matter how
difficult, as opportunities for spiritual growth, and
make the most of these opportunities."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for January 2000 -
"There is within the hearts of people a deep desire
for peace on earth, and they would speak for peace if
they were not bound by apathy, by ignorance, by fear. It
is the job of the peacemakers to inspire them from their
apathy, to dispel their ignorance with truth, to allay
their fear with faith that God's laws work - and work for
good."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for December 1999 - On
Attaining Inner Peace "The most important part of it
was not the phenomena: the important part of it was the
realization of the oneness of all creation. Not only all
human beings - I knew before that all human beings are
one. But now I knew also a oneness with the rest of
creation. The creatures that walk the earth and the
growing things of the earth. The air, the water, the
earth itself. And most wonderful of all, a oneness with
that which permeates all and binds all together and gives
life to all. A oneness with that which
many would call God."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for November 1999 -
"Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace
within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion
for war. If this is the peace you seek, purify your body
by sensible living habits, purify your mind by expelling
all negative thoughts, purify your motives by casting out
any ideas of greed or self-striving and by seeking to
serve you fellow human beings, purify your desires by
eliminating all wishes for material possessions or
self-glorification and by desiring to know and do God's
will for you. Inspire others to do likewise."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for October 1999 -
"Some people wish for a life of no problems, but I
would never wish such a life for any of you. What I wish
for you is the great inner strength to solve your
problems meaningfully and grow. Problems are learning and
growing experiences. A life without problems would be a
barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual
growth."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for September 1999 -
"I have faith that God will care for me, and God
does provide my needs. I don't in any way feel insecure
because I don't know where I will sleep at night, where
or when I will eat next. When you have spiritual
security, you have no more feeling of need for material
security."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for July/August 1999 -
"It concerns me when I see a small child watching
the hero shoot the villain on television. It is teaching
the small child to believe that shooting people is heroic.
The hero just did it and it was effective. It was
acceptable and the hero was well thought of afterward. If
enough of us find inner peace to affect the institution
of television, the little child will see the hero
transform the villain and bring him to a good life. He'll
see the hero do something significant to serve fellow
human beings. So little children will get the idea that
if you want to be a hero you must help people."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for June 1999 - "Death
is a beautiful liberation into a freer life. The limiting
clay garment, the body, is put aside. The self-centered
nature goes with you to learn and grow on the disembodied
side of life, and then returns here into a suitable clay
garment and suitable circumstances to learn the lessons
we need to learn. Could we but see a bit deeper into
life, we would grieve at birth and rejoice at death. If
we but knew how short is the earth life in comparison
with the whole, we would be less troubled with the
difficulties of the earth life than we are troubled now
with the difficulties of one of our days."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for May 1999 - "For
light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of
the reflections. Also I make it possible for more light
to come to me by living up to the highest light I have.
You cannot mistake light coming from the Source, for it
comes with complete understanding so that you can explain
it and discuss it. I recommend that way to all who can
take it. And great blessings lie in store for those who
are wise enough to quickly put into practice the highest
light that comes to them."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for April 1999 - "There
is a spark of good in everybody, no matter how deeply it
may be buried. It is the real you. When I say 'you' what
am I really thinking of? Am I thinking of the clay
garment, the body? No, that's not the real you. Am I
thinking of the self-centered nature? No, that's not the
real you. The real you is that divine spark, some call
this the God-centered nature, others the divine nature
and the Kingdom of God within. Hindus know it as nirvana;
Buddhists refer to it as the awakened soul; the Quakers
see it as the Inner Light.
In other places it is known as the Christ in you, the
Christ Consciousness, the hope of glory, or the
indwelling spirit. Even some psychologists have a name
for it, the superconscious. But it is all the same thing
dressed in different words. The important thing to
remember is that it dwells within you!"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for March 1999 - "When
I started out on my pilgrimage, I was using walking for
two purposes at that time. One was to contact people, and
I still use it for that purpose today. But the other was
as a prayer discipline. To keep me concentrated on my
prayer for peace. And after a few years I discovered
something. I discovered that I no longer needed the
prayer discipline. I pray without ceasing now. My
personal prayer is: Make me an instrument through which
only truth can speak."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for February 1999 -
"Every good thing you do, every good thing you say,
every good thought you think, vibrates on and on and
never ceases. The evil remains only until it is overcome
by good, but the good remains forever."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for January 1999 -
"Think about all the good things of your life. Never
think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and
concentrate on being of service as much as you can in
this world, and then, having lost your lower self in a
cause greater than yourself, you will find your higher
self: your real self."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for December 1998 -
"Live this day! Yesterday is but a dream and
tomorrow is only a vision, but today well-lived makes
every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a
vision of hope. Never agonize over the past or worry over
the future. Live this day and live it well."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for November 1998 -
"I would like to emphasize again that right prayer
leads to right action, that "faith without works is
dead." An excellent way to put thoughts into action
is to write a letter for peace."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for October 1998 -
"Know that you are God's beautiful child, always in
God's hands. Accept God... accept God's protection...
there is really no problem to fear. Know that you are not
the clay garment. Know that you are not the self-centered
nature which governs your life needlessly. Know that you
are the God-centered nature, The Kingdom of God within.
The Indwelling Christ. Eternal and indestructible.
Identify with the real you."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for September 1998 -
"Faith is a belief in things that your senses have
not experienced and your mind does not understand, but
you have touched them in other ways and have accepted
them. It is easy for one to speak of faith; it is another
thing to live it. To me, faith represents that people
can, through their own free will, reach out and contact
God, and grace represents that God is always reaching
toward people. To me it is very important that I remain
in
constant contact with God, or divine purpose."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for August 1998 - There
is no greater block to world peace or inner peace than
fear. What we fear we tend to develop an unreasoning
hatred for, so we come to hate and fear. This not only
injures us psychologically and aggravates world tension,
but through such negative concentration we tend to
attract the things we fear. If we fear nothing and
radiate love, we can expect good things to come. How much
this world needs the message and example of love and of
faith!
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for July 1998 - "From
all the things you read, and from all the people you
meet, take what is good and leave the rest. For guidance
and for truth it is much better to look for the Source
through your own inner teacher than to look to people or
books. Only if something within you says, "This is
the truth. This is for me," does it become a part of
your experience. After you have read all the books, and
heard all the lectures, you must still judge what is for
you. Books and people can merely inspire you. Unless they
awaken something within you, nothing worthwhile has been
accomplished. But if you must read books, read many
books, so that you will contact as many conflicting
opinions as possible. In this manner you'll be required
to form your own opinions after all."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for June 1998 - "Truth
is the pearl without price. One cannot obtain truth by
buying it--all you can do is to strive for spiritual
truth and when one is ready, it will be given freely. Nor
should spiritual truth be sold, lest the seller be
injured spiritually. You lose any spiritual contact the
moment you commercialize it. Those who have the truth
would not be packaging and selling it, so
anyone who is selling it, really does not possess it."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for May 1998 - "We
limit ourselves by thinking things can't be done. Many
think peace in the world is impossible - many think that
inner peace cannot be attained. It is the one who doesn't
know it can't be done who does it!"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for April 1998 - "Looking
through the eyes of the divine nature you see the essence
within the manifestation, the creator within the
creation, and it is a wonderful, wonderful world!"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for March 1998 - "You
can visualize God's light each day and send it to someone
who needs help. Your divine nature must reach out and
touch the divine nature of another. Within you is the
light of the world, it must be shared with the world.
Visualize a golden light within you and spread it out.
First to those about you - your circle of friends and
relatives - and then gradually to the world. Keep on
visualizing God's golden light surrounding our earth."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for February 1998 -
"I do my work easily and joyously. I feel beauty all
around me and I see beauty in everyone I meet, for I see
God in everything. I recognize my part in the Life
Pattern and I find harmony through gladly and joyously
living it. I recognize my oneness with all mankind and my
oneness with God. My happiness overflows in loving and
giving toward everyone and everything."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for January 1998 -
"The path of the seeker is full of pitfalls and
temptations, and the seeker must walk it alone with God.
I would recommend that you keep your feet on the ground
and your thoughts at lofty heights, so that you may
attract only good. Concentrate on giving so that you may
open yourself to receiving; concentrate on living
according to the light you have so that you may open
yourself to more light; get as much light as possible
through the inner way."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for December 1997 -
"The simplified life is a sanctified life, Much more
calm, much less strife. Oh, what wondrous truths are
unveiled - Projects succeed which had previously failed.
Oh, how beautiful life can be, Beautiful simplicity."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for November 1997 -
"Life is a mixture of successes and failures. May
you be encouraged by the successes and strengthened by
the failures. As long as you never lose faith in God, you
will be victorious over any situation you may face."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for October 1997 -
"Any praise I receive does not change me, for I pass
it right along to God. I walk because God gives me
strength to walk, I live because God gives me the supply
to live, I speak because God gives me the words to speak.
All I did was to surrender my will to God's will. My
entire life has prepared me for this undertaking. This is
my calling. This is my vocation. This is what I must be
doing. I could not be happy doing anything else."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for September 1997 -
"There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts.
It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the
conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic
formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned
that you do not offend, not that you are not offended."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for August 1997 - "To
attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not
just your possessions. When you at last give your life -
bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live
- then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for July 1997 - "We
must walk according to the highest light we have,
encountering lovingly those who are out of harmony, and
trying to inspire them toward a better way. Whenever you
bring harmony into any unpeaceful situation, you
contribute to the cause of peace. When you do something
for world peace, peace among groups, peace among
individuals, or your own inner peace, you improve the
total peace picture."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for June 1997 - "Fountain
of Love my source is in thee -- Loving thy will my spirit
is free -- Beautiful day when all of us see -- The hope
of the world is Love!"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for May 1997 - "Who
am I? It matters not that you know who I am; it is of
little importance. This clay garment is one of a
penniless pilgrim journeying in the name of peace. It is
what you cannot see that is so very important. I am one
who is propelled by the power of faith; I bathe in the
light of eternal wisdom; I am sustained by the unending
energy of the universe; this is who I really am."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for April 1997 - "Never
underestimate the power of a loosely knit group working
for a good cause. All of us who work for peace together,
all of us who pray for peace together, are a small
minority, but a powerful spiritual fellowship. Our power
is beyond our numbers."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for March 1997 - "Intellectually
I touched God many times as truth and emotionally I
touched God as love. I touched God as goodness. I touched
God as kindness. It came to me that God is a creative
force, a motivating power, an over-all intelligence, an
ever-present, all pervading spirit - which binds
everything in the universe together and gives life to
everything. That brought God close. I could not be where
God is not. You are within God. God is within you."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for February 1997 -
"You have much more power when you are working for
the right thing than when you are working against the
wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is
established wrong things will fade away of their own
accord. Grass-roots peace work is vitally important. All
who work for peace belong to a special peace fellowship -
whether we work together or apart."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for January 1997 -
"Pure love is a willingness to give, without a
thought of receiving anything in return. Love can save
the world from nuclear destruction. Love God: turn to God
with receptiveness and responsiveness. Love your fellow
human beings: turn to them with friendliness and
givingness. Make yourself fit to be called a child of God
by living the way of love."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for December 1996 -
"Few find inner peace but this is not because they
try and fail, it is because they do not try"
Peace
Pilgrim Quote of the Month for November 1996 - "There
is no glimpse of the light without walking the path. You
can't get it from anyone else, nor can you give it to
anyone. Just take whatever steps seem easiest for you,
and as you take a few steps it will be easier for you to
take a few more."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for October 1996 -
"Live in the present. Do the things that need to be
done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will
unfold"
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for September 1996 -
"There is a criterion by which you can judge whether
the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are
doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they
brought you inner peace? If they have not, there is
something wrong with them - so keep on seeking! If what
you do has brought you inner peace, stay with what you
believe is right."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for August 1996 - "Do
you know God? Do you know there is a power greater than
ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as
everywhere else in the universe? This I call God. Do you
know what it is to know God, to have God's constant
guidance, a constant awareness of God's presence? To know
God is to reflect love toward all people and all
creations. To know God is to feel peace within - a
calmness, a serenity, an unshakeableness which enables
you to face any situation. To know God is to be so filled
with joy that it bubbles over and goes forth to bless the
world."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for July 1996 - "The
spiritual life is the real life; all else is illusion and
deception. Only those who are attached to God alone are
truly free. Only those who live up to the highest light
live in harmony. All who act upon their highest
motivations become a power for good. It is not important
that others be noticeably affected: results should never
be sought or desired. Know that every right
thing you do - every good word you say - every positive
thought you think - has good effect."
Peace Pilgrim Quote of the Month for June 1996 - "I
always have a feeling of awe and wonder at what God can
do - using me as an instrument. I believe that anyone who
is fully surrendered to God's will can be used gloriously
- and will really know some things - and will probably be
called self-righteous. You're called self-righteous if
you are self-centered enough to think you know everything
- but you may also be called self-righteous by the
immature if you are God-centered enough to really know
some things."
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