Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Satyalok Ashram, Muradnagar, Meerut, India, Baisakhi Festival, April 12, 1971, 710412 (Translated from Hindi)
1970s
de Mauves http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/mauve10.txtMadame, Galaxy Magazine (February/March 1874), ch. V, reprinted in A Passionate Pilgrim (1875) and later in The Madonna of the Future and Other Tales (1879) and the New York Edition of James' works, vol. 13 (1908).
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
Satyalok Ashram, Muradnagar, Meerut, India, Baisakhi Festival, April 12, 1971, 710412 (Translated from Hindi)
1970s
“Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions.”
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
Markings (1964)
“The deep, deep peace of the double-bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue.”
Mrs Patrick Campbell (1895–1940) British stage actress
Quoted in Alexander Woollcott, “The First Mrs. Tanqueray,” While Rome Burns (1934)
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
Nobel lecture (1989)
Context: Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility. In that state of mind you can deal with situations with calmness and reason, while keeping your inner happiness. That is very important. Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.
Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019
Source: "Japan marks 76th anniversary of WWII surrender with emperor expressing "deep remorse" over wartime atrocities" in Xinhua http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/15/c_1310128713.htm (15 August 2021)
“Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace.”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: The Awakening
John Minford (1946) New Zealand sinologist
Public Lecture (2018)
“Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine,
And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As reported by Heraclides, son of Sarapion, and Diogenes Laërtius, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 7, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
“Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) English critic, essayist, poet and writer
Abou Ben Adhem
Context: Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An Angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said,
"What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord
Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
Write me as one who loves his fellow men." The Angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!
Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons (2006)