Best 1098 quotes in «conflict quotes» category

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.

For the only therapy is life. The patient must learn to live, to live with his split, his conflict, his ambivalence, which no therapy can take away, for if it could, it would take with it the actual spring of life.

Food is a complicated subject for me. Food brings joy, satisfaction, and conflict. Eating disorders plague my family. Their consequences have been painful, expensive, violent, and deadly. You haven't lived till you've watched a woman die of starvation.

For to be desperate is to discover strength. / We die of comfort and by conflict live.

Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.

Genuine rights don’t conflict—they enable us to live together without intractable conflicts.

God is like a computer, the more software you put in, the greater the danger that extensions will conflict.

God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for each and every one of them. That provision is Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit, indwelling us and empowering us to respond rightly.

God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.

For me, all drama is based on conflict.

Good drama is all about creating conflict.

Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

Good fiction doesn't come out of the basic conflict of good versus bad. Instead, it comes out of a conflict between good and good.

Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.

Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.

How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?

Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.

Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.

Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.

History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.

I actually think that the Russians are exploring the idea: Is it worth ending this conflict in the Donbass in eastern Ukraine, creating peace, getting out, and what would that look like? I don't think they're committed to it yet; I don't think they've made a decision one way or the other - but I think they're exploring it.

I accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise alternative to national tension and conflict.

Human passions against eternal laws -- that is the everlasting conflict.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I am afraid of what is happening in the West. In a way, the link between art and politics is about to snap. Music and politics, it seems, are increasingly considered to be separate domains. Music is about making peace, not conflict, they say. And, therefore, it is best to do what is considered normal and uncontroversial. Increasingly, accepting the status quo is a precondition for being considered entertainment, while protest culture is grouped alongside politics.

I am quite confident that there are numerous discussions going in various "deep states" throughout the world about how to contain Trump's America geopolitically and economically, given the early indications that his policies will intensify conflict in many parts of the world.

I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

I am certainly a romantic, but with a good scientific and rationalist half: thus, from this conflict I sometimes come out victorious, but exhausted.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.

I call myself "The Love King" in all aspects. Poetically speaking, in the bedroom, I love, and in social conflict.

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.

I'd been conflict-phobic my entire life because I didn't want to lose my inner core of peace.

I can't see or feel the conflict between love and religion. To me, they're the same thing.

I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.

I care about Ukraine's success as a country; I'd like to see the conflict resolved. I'd like to see us getting back to the idea we - you know, over many, many administrations, starting with George H.W. Bush and onward, we talked about a Europe whole, free and at peace. That we're looking to promote democratic societies, prosperous, market-driven societies and security for everybody, indivisible, including Russia. And we have never gotten there.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.

I didnt like the Survivor shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.

I don't see a direct conflict between the rights of individuals and the rights of communities, because I don't perceive of communities as having rights in a way that individuals do. Communities certainly have interests, but they don't exactly have rights.

I don't think there is any incompatibility between science and mysticism . . . Immanent religion is the only form of religion in which there is no conflict at all, that I can see, between science and religion.

I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

If any part of your uncertainty, is a conflict between your heart and your mind - follow your mind.

I don't like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don't think that fighting and passion are the same thing.

I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.