1,033 Quotes About Conflict

We filter what we observe and tend to explain away or ignore anything that doesn’t conform with what’s already in our worldviews. We interpret what we observe based on the assumptions and presuppositions that come out of our worldviews. If an observation or experience conflicts with our worldviews, we think it’s insane, unreal, or evil.

The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

In times of conflict, make use of your love and compassion; not your guns and bullets.

[On Dr. Strangelove]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the screenplay. [...] What could be more absurd than the very idea of two mega powers willing to wipe out all human life because of an accident, spiced up by political differences that will seem as meaningless to people a hundred years from now as the theological conflicts of the Middle Ages appear to us today?

People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible.

The more we're thrown into conflict with each other through engineered distrust, the less able we are to unite against those responsible.

Have patience, my dear child. Your happiness will be a few years in coming. You have many challenges ahead of you in the meantime. But be brave. Be tenacious. And you will survive even your worst nightmares. Remember, you are the clay vessel, and the misfortunes that befall you are but the fires of a kiln. They will strengthen you and transform you into a radiant work of art.

Now he was kissing the shell of her ear, nipping at it gently and then soothing the nips with soft kisses.“You have no idea what you’re about to unleash if you continue.”He chuckled low once again, but said nothing as he bit the nape of her neck and gently licked it with his tongue.“You play with fire, sir.”“Let it burn, Julia. Let me be your King of Wands.