Best 1098 quotes in «conflict quotes» category

We should all oppose - as Darwin did - views manifestly in conflict with the evidence, such as creationism... But we shouldn't set up this debate as 'religion v science'; instead we should strive for peaceful coexistence with at least the less dogmatic strands of mainstream religions, which number many excellent scientists among their adherents.

We were trying to increase the conflict that was already happening... we felt that we would take the conflict to so high a level that some change had to come.

Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and, let's say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

What I, as the prime minister of the present government of Israel, started to do, is first to tackle the longest part of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

What I find most appalling is the Senate calls it a qualified blind trust when it's not blind. Since the Senate says it's OK, the Senate has made it a political question. It's up to the voter. But there's no doubt it's a conflict of interest.

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

What's interesting to me is drama and conflict. Things aren't interesting without conflict and resolution of conflict - or striving towards a resolutions of conflict.

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict. It will be of a force and scope and scale that has been beyond what has been seen before.

Whenever conflict arises among living creatures the sense of ownership is the cause.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.

Whenever your feeling is in conflict with your wish, feeling will be the victor.

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

When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself.

When I meet a new person, I don’t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.

When I used to theorize about a nuclear standoff, I didn't really have to understand what was happening inside the Soviet Union. It is a lot harder now to build a theory that can encompass all the complications of today's conflicts.

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.

When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by the illusions of our senses.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

When these resources are degraded or polluted, then there are fewer of them for the rest of us, and then we start competing for them and eventually as we compete, there are those of us, who have the capacity, who have the ability to be the controllers, to decide who accesses them, how much they access, and eventually there is a conflict. Those who feel marginalized, those who feel excluded, eventually react in an effort to get their own justice, and we have conflict.

When I start writing, my unconscious, my conflicts, my thoughts all start to come up. So for me, writing is an exploration. I never know how my stories will end.

When it comes to cyber conflicts between, say, America and China or even a Middle Eastern nation, an African nation, a Latin American nation, a European nation, we have more to lose.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.

When you trance out properly, when you're completely in that world, there is no other world, so there's no conflict.

Wherever you have people, you have factions and disagreements and personality conflicts.

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales.

When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.

When you're working in the business and you are genuinely trying to do what's right for consumers, and you're trying to genuinely do what's right for suppliers, but the word doesn't get out, the word doesn't get heard because frankly the media is not interested because it hasn't got a conflict attached to it.

Where there are sheep, the wolves are never very far away.

Where there is no conflict, there is no fault.

Within time, you get comfortable with yourself and with the unknown - that we're not going to know until that time comes. And that's enough for me. I wrestle with this a lot even now because I don't want to step on anyone's religion. My family is still very dedicated. At the same time, I take great issue with it when it starts defining policy or ultimately becomes separatist. ... It's been the basis of our main conflicts throughout history.

Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story

Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently.

Workers have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.

Woman is also the element of conflict.

You are at enmity with yourself.

Yet will that beauteous image make The dreary sea less drear And thy remembered smile will wake The hope that tramples fear

You can educate people on how to preempt their own conflict.

You can't get away from violence in drama. If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama.

You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.

You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.

You can't settle a 50-year conflict in 52 weeks.

Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.

You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of a great leader - somebody who, in the presence of inner conflict, will do the right thing.