Peace Pilgrim
Peace Pilgrim (1908-07-18 – 1981-07-08), born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American pacifist, vegetarian, and peace activist.
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- I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace; walking until given shelter and fasting until given food.
- Personal vow with which she began her peace pilgramage (1 January 1953), later published in Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
- In order for the world to become peaceful, people must become more peaceful. Among mature people war would not be a problem — it would be impossible. In their immaturity people want, at the same time, peace and the things which make war. However, people can mature just as children grow up. Yes, our institutions and our leaders reflect our immaturity, but as we mature we will elect better leaders and set up better institutions. It always comes back to the thing so many of us wish to avoid: working to improve ourselves.
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
- Stop being an escapist! Stop being a surface liver!
- Ch. 2 : My Spiritual Growing Up : My Steps Toward Inner Peace
- There is great freedom in simplicity of living.
- Ch. 2 : My Spiritual Growing Up : My Steps Toward Inner Peace
- When you approach others in judgement they will be on the defensive. When you are able to approach them in a kindly, loving manner without judgement they will tend to judge themselves and be transformed.
- Ch. 3 : The Pilgrimage
- I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful. I have endless energy, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Supply, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Truth, I am thankful. I have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer.
- Ch. 7 : Living the Spiritual Life
- Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God; it is a sincere seeking for a good thing; and it is a concentration on the thing sought, with faith that it is obtainable.
- Ch. 7 : Living the Spiritual Life
- Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not.
- Ch. 7 : Living the Spiritual Life
- You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right thing is established wrong things will fade away of their own accord. Grass-roots peace work is vitally important. All who work for peace belong to a special peace fellowship — whether we work together or apart.
- Ch. 11 : Transforming Our Society
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- Spiritual truth should never be sold; it need never be bought.
- This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
- To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life — bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live them — then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace.
- We who work for peace must not falter. We must continue to pray for peace and to act for peace in whatever way we can, we must continue to speak for peace and to live the way of peace; to inspire others, we must continue to think of peace and to know that peace is possible.
