Best 1098 quotes in «conflict quotes» category

I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it's the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our future.

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue.

I see no conflict between saving people's lives and defending the Second Amendment.

Isn't the origin of conflict ego? If there is no ego there is no becoming.

I spent so much time at Escuela Caribe denying my true emotions and avoiding conflict that I became unsure of what my feelings really were. This is something that affects me to this day. I feel extremely uncomfortable during arguments, to the point of shutting down and not saying anything, like a turtle retracting into its shell. I can't stand conflict.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

Is there any conflict between science and religion? There is no conflict in the mind of God, but often there is conflict in the minds of men.

It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.

I think most conflicts do end with negotiated settlements; some don't, but most do.

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

I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do.

I thought it was a huge conflict of interest to be the director and the subject - it's very sketchy territory to be in. I've seen what's happened to other directors who have done that.

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported enemy. I don't see any quick end to this thing.

...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.

It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment.

It is neither a culture of confrontation nor a culture of conflict which builds harmony within and between peoples, but rather a culture of encounter and a culture of dialogue; this is the only way to peace.

It is hard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because we are not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creating a new "pearl" as we are in being right.

It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.

It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions.

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

It's a conflict of parallels.

It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having seized power in the course of the Karabakh conflict.

It's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of these things that actually make performers interesting.

It's difficult for me to ignore how many conflicts locally and worldwide have religion tagged to them.

It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will.

It's never too late to try to end a conflict.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

It was Jacques Chirac and Schroeder both, who pushed us into a conflict to remove Milosevic.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. If I was offered anything like the Nobel Prize for Literature, I'd find it an extremely difficult conflict because I'd be basically disinclined to accept.

I've lived in Egypt among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.

Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.

Justification, in terms of the broadening of freedom, for any particular form of institution of property must be argued in terms of whether the losses caused by the restrictions imposed are greater or less than the gains derived from the elimination of costly conflict.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.

Keeping your family together is an extraordinary feat - especially in the face of great conflict.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

Life can be unsettling. Writers have always gravitated to conflict, unhappiness and disturbing themes. We as readers would get bored pretty quickly if stories were about all the pleasant things in life. Since we know our troubles are always coming we want to see in our fiction examples of how others have dealt with them.

Life seems to me essentially passion, conflict, rage. It is only intellect that keeps me sane; perhaps this makes me overvalue intellect against feeling.

Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections.

Love is an act of faith, not an exchange. Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side.

Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict.