Conflict Quotes

In the Middle East, the conflict today is a matter of generations and not of cultures.

I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.

All things come into being by conflict of opposites.

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

In brainwashing and the eliciting of confessions, the physiological importance of inducing a sense of guilt and conflict can hardly be over emphasized.

Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.

What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism.

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.

Victory needs conflict as its preface.

Real teams don't emerge unless individuals on them take risks involving conflict, trust, interdependence and hard work.

The majority of human conflict comes from people just feeling disrespected.

The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.

Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

In our evolution language has been the greatest single contribution to our understanding and misunderstanding

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.

I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.

The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades and embitters and enrages.

Become mindful that remaining in a conflict is a choice.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

All good plots come from well-orchestrated characters pitted against one another in a conflict of wills.

Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolve conflict, not how to start it.

It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

Family is conflict and it's something that we all relate to.

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.

To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.

Embracing conflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and fascination.

Embracing conflict can be a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and the re-engergizing of ourselves and others. Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.

The biggest religious wars and persecutions in history occur when religions, each claiming their own absolute truths, come into conflict.

What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

Conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation.

Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.

There is no conflict between religion and science.