Are there not?

Are there not enough people among us who can convince the others to sink these guns, bombs, rockets and cannons into the sea instead of trying to subjugate one another, set out together to conquer the heavens, where there is no shortage of space and no one need fight another, where there are countless skies and uncounted worlds.

~Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Acceptance Speech Lenin Peace Prize.

Some Final Prayers

Dhammapada (attributed to Buddha)

It would be better if, instead of a thousand words,
There was only one, a word that brought Peace.
It would be better if, instead of a thousand poems,
There was only one, a poem that revealed true Beauty.
It would be better if, instead of a thousand songs,
There was only one, a song that spread Happiness.

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (thirteenth century)

Outside, beyond what is right and wrong, there exists a vast field.
We will find each other there.

The Prophet Muhammad (seventh century)

Oh, Allah, I turn to you because you know everything, even what is hidden.
If what I am doing is good for me and for my religion, for my life now and hereafter, then let that task be easy and blesses.
If what I am doing is bad for me and for my religion, for my life now and hereafter, remove me from that task.

Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 7:7-8)

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Jewish Prayer for Peace

Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord that we may walk in His paths. And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares and out spears into pruning hooks.
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
And none shall be afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.

Lao Tsu, China (sixth century BC)

If there is to be peace in the world, the nations must live in peace.
If there is to be peace among nations, the cities must not rise up against each other.
If there is to be peace in the cities, neighbours must understand each other.
If there is to be peace among the neighbours, there must be harmony in the home.
If there is to be peace int he home, we must each find out own heart.

From: Like the flowing river by Paulo Coelho

 

Grook

if you want peace,
the things we must
accomplish to preserve it.
are, first
to win each other’s trust,
and, second
to deserve it.

 

~ Piet Hein