Peace Pilgrim Quotes


There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?


Citations

Peace Pilgrim. Steps Toward Inner Peace. Friends of Peace Pilgrim, 1964.

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Peace Pilgrim
Peace Pilgrim
  • Born: July 18, 1908
  • Died: July 7, 1981
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953, in Pasadena, California, she adopted the name "Peace Pilgrim" and walked across the United States for 28 years, speaking with others about peace. She was on her seventh cross-country journey when she died.