Peace ☮ Peacemaker
Buddhism
This is peace, this is the excellent, namely the calm of all the impulses,
the casting out of all “basis,” the extinction of craving, dispassion,
stopping, Nirvana.
Anguttara Nikaya v.322
There’s no fire like lust, no evil like aversion, no dukkha* like the aggregates, no higher bliss than Peace.
Dhammapada 202
Christianity
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:9
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:2
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John 14:27
Hinduism
“By cultivating attitudes of friendliness towards the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous and disregard towards the wicked, the mind stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.”
Patanjali Yoga Sutras – Book I verse33
Let there be peace in Heaven; let there be peace in the atmosphere; May peace fill the four quarters; May the waters and medical herbs bring peace; May planets give peace to all beings; May enlightened persons disseminate peace to all beings; May the Vedas spread peace everywhere; May all the objects give us peace everywhere; And may that peace come to us and remain with us forever.”
Yajur Veda 36/37
The Lord lives in the heart of every creature. He turns them round and round upon the wheel of his Maya. Take refuge utterly in Him. By His grace you will find supreme peace, and the state which is beyond all change.
Bhagavad Gita 18.61-62
Islam
And if they are inclined to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah . Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Quran 8.61
If two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them does wrong to the other, fight that wrongdoer until it returns to the ordinance of God; then, if it returns, make peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! God loves the
equitable.
Quran 49.9
Judaism
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalms 34: 14