What is Peace?

He is a sage who has abandoned violence towards
living beings, be they moving or stationary,
and who neither slays nor causes others to slay.
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There is no fire like lust, no blemish like demerit,
no suffering like the taking up of the ill body,
no happiness like peace.

-Buddha: on peace
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When you abandon every desire that rises up within you, and when you become content with things as they are, then you experience inner peace.
When your mind is untroubled by misfortune, when you desire no pleasures, when your emotions are tranquil, and when you are free from fear and anger, then you experience inner calm.
When you are free from all attachments, when you are indifferent to success and failure, then you experience inner serenity.
When you can withdraw your senses from pleasures of the senses, just as a tortoise withdraws its limbs, then you experience inner wisdom.
When no pleasure and no desire can touch the soul, then you experience the highest state of consciousness.
Yet even those who are close to this state, can suddenly be carried away by a sudden surge of desire. Thus you must learn to meditate, controlling your senses, and focusing your- self entirely on me.

Gita 2.55-61(The Bhagavad Gita is the most widely reserved single
text in India.)
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… the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God." "You believe at last!" Jesus answered. "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Jesus on peace
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Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man
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Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived
and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.
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Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will.
Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

Mohandas K. Gandhi on peace
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I love reading these quotes on peace. Too much of my life has been spent on hating and fighting, but as I fall on the anvil of truth my spirit breaks at what a mess I have made of many things in my life, all for one reason, lack of peace.

As I pounded out a topical search on "peace" associated with all the religions I could think of the only ones I found doing any justice to the subject are Buddhism, Hinduism and Judeo-Christian faiths and any variance of those faiths. I did find it odd that some faiths did not openly discuss "peace" though they say they are either for peace or that they are peace. I suggest doing a web search on all the faiths you can think of while tagging on the end of each faith "..and peace" to see what you find.

Also, I found it interesting that Jesus says that peace is something that is found in Him. Others say peace is something you must attain as some quest a follower of truth must take. I think it is possible that it could be both. I don't disagree with any of these quotes in essence. But my only questions are, what type of peace are we talking about? Are they all the same? And yes, I will dis Miss America, is world peace even possible? Frankly I don't think it is, talk to me and I'll tell you more.