“No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.”

“There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.”

Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer

“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) German social psychologist and psychoanalyst

“Endymion, you are my first love, my only love… even if we're reborn, in another life, we'll find each other… and then… We'll fall in love again… - Princess Serenity”

Naoko Takeuchi (1967) Japanese manga artist

“The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? Oh, yes! Therefore, my friends, I wish for peace, upon you and upon yours.”

Charles Dickens book Bleak House

“In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.”

Jonathan Carroll book Sleeping in Flame

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness”

Robert Muller (1923–2010) Civil servant with the United Nations

“How are peace and happiness related? Is peace the only real happiness? When happiness moves beyond the mind, that is happiness.”

Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition