The 270+ Peace Pilgrim Quotes

Were I To Solve Problems For Others They Would Remain Stagnant; They Would Never Grow. It Would Be A Great Injustice To Them. My Approach Is To Help With Cause Rather Than Effect. When I Help Others, It Is By Instilling Within Them The Inspiration To Work Out Problems By Themselves. If You Feed A Man A Meal, You Only Feed Him For A Day-but If You Teach A Man To Grow Food, You Feed Him For A Lifetime.

I Shall Not Accept More Than I Need While Others In The World Have Less Than They Need.

Real Peace Is More Than The Absence Of War; It Is An Absence Of The Causes Of War.

When I Began My Pilgrimage I Left The Los Angeles Area Without A Cent, Having Faith That God Would Provide Me With Everything I Needed. Although I Have Never Asked For Anything, God Has Provided Me With Everything Along The Way. Without Ever Asking For Anything I've Been Supplied.

I Had Created Sufficient Age When I Started Out January 1, 1953, And I Said, That's Enough. From That Time On I Thought Of Myself As Being Ageless And In Radiant Health, And I Am. I Haven't Gotten Younger, But I See No Point In Getting Younger. I Can Get Along Just Fine As I Am, And If You Have Learned The Lessons Of The Seasons Of Life Before, You Really Have No Wish To Return To A Prior Season Of Life.

Many People Profess Christianity. Very Few Live It-almost None. And When You Live It People May Think You're Crazy. It Has Been Truthfully Said That The World Is Equally Shocked By One Who Repudiates Christianity As By One Who Practices It.

That Which Is Received From Without Can Be Compared With Knowledge. It Leads To Believing, Which Is Seldom Strong Enough To Motivate To Action. That Which Is Confirmed From Within After It Is Contacted From Without, Or That Which Is Directly Perceived From Within (which Is My Way) Can Be Compared With Wisdom. It Leads To A Knowing, And Action Goes Right Along With It.

If Your Life Is In Harmony, Then Your Life Is Full And Good, But Not Overcrowded. If It Is Overcrowded, You Are Doing More Than Is Right For You, More Than Is Your Job To Do In The Total Scheme Of Things.

As I Looked About The World, So Much Of It Impoverished, I Became Increasingly Uncomfortable About Having So Much While My Brothers And Sisters Were Starving. Finally I Had To Find Another Way. The Turning Point Came When, In Desperation And Out Of A Very Deep Seeking For A Meaningful Way Of Life, I Walked All One Night Through The Woods. I Came To A Moonlit Glade And Prayed.

I Have Never Met Anyone Who Built A Bomb Shelter And Felt Protected By It. I Have Never Met A Modern Military Man Who Did Not Realize That Military Victory Is A Concept Which Became Obsolete With The Coming Of The Nuclear Age, And Most Civilians Realize This Also. Wisdom Demands That We Stop Preparing To Wage A War Which Would Eliminate Mankind - And Start Preparing To Eliminate The Seeds Of War.

Worry Is Useless Mulling Over Of Things We Cannot Change. Worry Is Not Concern, Which Would Motivate You To Do Everything Possible In A Situation.

Blessed Are They Who Translate Every Good Thing They Know Into Action - Even Higher Truths Shall Be Revealed To Them.