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'''Peace''' is a state of [[harmony]], the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of [[war]].  ''Peace'' can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by [[respect]], [[justice]], and [[goodwill]].  

'''Peace''' is a state of [[harmony]], the absence of hostility. This term is applied to describe a cessation of violent international conflict; in this international context, peace is the opposite of [[war]].  ''Peace'' can also describe a relationship between any parties characterized by [[respect]], [[justice]], and [[goodwill]].  

=== Inner peace ===

=== Inner peace ===

One meaning of peace refers to [[inner peace]]:  a state of [[mind]], [[body]] and perhaps [[soul]], a peace within ourselves.  People that experience inner peace say that the feeling is not dependent on time, people, place, or any external object or situation, asserting that an individual may experience inner peace even in the midst of war. {{Fact|date=February 2007}}

One meaning of peace refers to [[inner peace]]:  a state of [[mind]], [[body]] and perhaps [[soul]], a peace within ourselves.  People that experience inner peace say that the feeling is not dependent on time, people, place, or any external object or situation, asserting that an individual may experience inner peace even in the midst of [[war]].  

Some people believe peace can help them avoid self-consciousness, such as hippies of the 1960s {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. An affirmative definition for the concept of peace is, as worded by Sevi Regis: "the state or condition of restfulness, harmony, balance, equilibrium, longevity, justice, resolution, timelessness, contentment, freedom, and fulfillment, either individually or simultaneously present, in such a way that it overcomes, demolishes, banishes, and/or replaces everything that opposes it."

Some people believe peace can help them avoid self-consciousness, such as hippies of the 1960s {{Fact|date=February 2007}}. An affirmative definition for the concept of peace is, as worded by Sevi Regis: "the state or condition of restfulness, harmony, balance, equilibrium, longevity, justice, resolution, timelessness, contentment, freedom, and fulfillment, either individually or simultaneously present, in such a way that it overcomes, demolishes, banishes, and/or replaces everything that opposes it."