All in Good Faith

Author(s): Jean Potter, Marcus Braybrooke
Publisher: World Congress of Faiths

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The Anthology
Peace
May men and women helped by just leaders and kings enjoy peace and rest in their own clans and villages.
(Yasna)
In the light of his understanding he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.
(Dhammapada)
Awake in peace, sit in peace Understand this message, leave fear and be serene The Saviour is our one Lord. Sleep without fear, awake without fear Everywhere you are present O Lord Peace at home and peace outdoors.
(Adi Granth)
It is He who sent down tranquillity (peace) into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add faith to their faith, for to Allah belong the forces of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
(The Holy Qur'an)
Peace is found through surrender to good, through devotion. People who are loving, who practice stillness, and who delight in meditation and good actions, are really peaceful. Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists.
(Paramahansa Yogananda)
The bulk of humanity now realiseth what a great calamity war is and how war turneth man into a ferocious animal, causing prosperous cities and villages to be reduced to ruins and the foundations of the human edifice to crumble. Now since all men have been awakened and their ears are attentive, it is time for the promulgation of universal peace - a peace based on righteousness and justice, that mankind may not be exposed to further dangers in the future. Now is the dawn of universal peace, and the first streaks of its light are beginning to appear. We earnestly hope that its effulgent orb may shine forth and flood the east and the west with its radiance.
('Abdu'l-Baha: Peace)
If they [your enemies] incline to peace, incline thou to it as well, and place thy trust in God; verily, He alone is all-hearing, all knowing.
(The Holy Qur'an)
Let no one give ear to the words of the false and wicked one because such persons shall lead the home, the village, the town and the country to ruin and destruction. It is, therefore, our duty to resist such persons and repel them with spiritual weapons of purity and righteousness.
(Yasna)
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