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On Inner Peace
“One of the most amazing earmarks of religious living is that dynamic and sublime peace, that peace which passes all human understanding, that cosmic poise which betokens the absence of all doubt and turmoil.” — Paper 100:6.6
“The peace of Jesus’ mind was founded on an absolute human faith — the genuine trust of a human child in the divine overcare and personal security of the heavenly Father.” — Paper 181:1.8
“When the flood tides of human adversity, selfishness, cruelty, hate, malice, and jealousy beat about the mortal soul, you may rest in the assurance that there is one inner bastion, the citadel of the spirit, which is absolutely unassailable.” — Paper 100:2.7
“Health, sanity, and happiness are integrations of truth, beauty, and goodness as they are blended in human experience.” — Paper 2:7.11
“The advances of true civilization are all born in this inner world of mankind. It is only the inner life that is truly creative.” — Paper 111:4.3
On Peace with God
“The peace which Jesus gives his disciples is the very peace and assurance which he has received through faith in God the Father.” — Paper 181:1.6
“The peace which Michael gives to the children of earth is the very peace which filled his own soul when he lived the mortal life in the flesh and on this very world.” — Paper 181:1.7
“Peace be upon you. That which my Father sent me into the world to establish belongs not to a race, a nation, or to a special group of teachers or preachers. This gospel of the kingdom belongs to both Jew and gentile.” — Paper 191:4.3
“The will of God is the way of God, partnership with the choice of God in the face of any potential alternative. To do the will of God is the secret of survival and of eternal perfection.” — Paper 130:2.7
“When man consecrates his will to the doing of the Father’s will, when man gives God all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.” — Paper 117:4.14
On Peace and the Spirit
“The spirit of the divine presence in man constitutes the indwelling of the spirit of peace and truth.” — Paper 34:6.13
“The spirit never drives, only leads. If you are a willing learner, if you want to attain spirit levels and reach divine heights, the spirit will gently lead you along the way to sonship and spiritual progress.” — Paper 34:6.11
“The divine spirit makes contact with mortal man, not by feelings or emotions, but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized thinking.” — Paper 101:1.3
“Spiritual growth is first an awakening to needs, next a discernment of meanings, and then a discovery of values.” — Paper 100:2.2
“The consciousness of the spirit domination of a human life is presently attended by an increasing exhibition of the characteristics of the Spirit in the life reactions of such a spirit-led mortal.” — Paper 34:6.13
On Peace in the World
“Peace will not come to Urantia until every so-called sovereign nation surrenders its power to make war into the hands of a representative government of all mankind.” — Paper 134:5.10
“Wars will never bring peace on earth. Armies do not permanently solve problems; they merely create new ones.” — Paper 134:5.9
“The brotherhood of man is founded on the fatherhood of God. The family of God is derived from the love of God — God is love.” — Paper 134:4.1
“Some degree of moral affinity and spiritual harmony is essential to friendship between two persons; a loving personality can hardly reveal himself to a loveless person.” — Paper 1:6.5
“The hope of modern civilization will be forever maintained if the statesmen of the world become wise enough to sustain an enduring peace based on the sovereignty of mankind.” — Paper 134:6.9
Related Entities
Jesus of Nazareth
The Prince of Peace, whose inner tranquility exemplified the peace that comes from total trust in the Father.
Spirit of Truth
The spiritual comforter that brings peace to the hearts of believers and guides them toward divine harmony.
Universal Father
The source of all true peace, whose overcare provides the ultimate foundation for spiritual tranquility.