Conflict Quotes · Page 27

Typically, I would run away from conflict and write about it - that was easier than staying and dealing face-to-face with humans;…

— Alanis Morissette

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

— James N. Frey

“Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Extremism is the root of all conflict, those who wish to be at peace, follow the middle path of compassion and love…

— Kemmy Nola

Our financial system is driven by a giant marketing machine in which the interests of sellers directly conflict with the interests of…

— John C. Bogle

No campaign of the First World War better justifies the poets' view of the conflict as futile and pitiless than Gallipoli.

— Saul David

My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.

— Ang Lee

... it's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his…

— Erma Bombeck

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too…

— Herbert Butterfield

“In this way, reason represented by your knowledge, and experience represented by instinct -will start to conflict. Eventually, one will lose, and…

— Kinoko Nasu

I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But…

— Henry A. Kissinger

I am drawn towards the sort of characters who are in situations where they don't want to be in. But that's a…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

Israel's mothers and fathers are not warmongers, they don't wish to go out and seek conflict or war. They just want their…

— Brian Mast

Prayer is a weapon, a mighty weapon in a terrible conflict. Our prayers are to be a continual, conscious, earnest effort of…

— Peter Forsyth

If you would listen, sir, in the sense of being aware of your conflicts and contradictions without forcing them into any particular…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Lennie rolled off the bunk and stood up, and the two of them started for the door. Just as they reached it,…

— John Steinbeck

... semantics ... is a sober and modest discipline which has no pretensions of being a universal patent-medicine for all the ills…

— Alfred Tarski

Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want…

— John C. Maxwell

I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground…

— Henry Sidgwick

An Arab activist can take pride in the Arab heritage of mathematics and science or he can take pride in his religion,…

— Amartya Sen

What we need most is to restore and revive our humanity. We must create a society where people can live with dignity,…

— Daisaku Ikeda

This is the ultimate war of ideas. You're trying to get somebody to change their mind about conservatism, because that's exactly what…

— Immortal Technique

Evolutionary theory, properly understood, does not conflict with the idea that God occasionally intervenes in nature - for example, by once or…

— Elliott Sober

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability.

— Anonymous

A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being…

— Steve Maraboli

Today, the worst conflicts, the most deep-rooted violence, and those likely to emerge in the coming years are due to disparities in…

— Segolene Royal

I think it's ok to have wishes that conflict with each other - it's irrational to try to make them both come…

— Nomy Arpaly

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag…

— Jacqueline Cochran

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

— Ann Landers

During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge…

— Albert Einstein

The theory of war as an apt and proportionate means of solving international conflicts is now out of date.

— Pope Pius XII

CARE is participating in a groundbreaking summit to end sexual violence in conflict.

— Anonymous

The greatest tragedy of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that everyone knows how it will end. We will divide up the region.

— Yair Lapid

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The greatest conflict ever is not between one person and another but between himself.

— Anonymous

We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world…

— Krishnananda Saraswati

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.

— Petra Kelly

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

— John Katzenbach

Before journalism, I had worked doing medical aid work in conflict zones. Then, as a journalist, I had written about hospitals in…

— Sheri Fink