Conflict Quotes - Page 18

We are the prisoners of ideas.

An enlightened person is the richest person possible, but his richness comes from surrender, not from fight. He does not... he has not any conflict with the whole. He has fallen in harmony, he is in a harmonia.

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

Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.

I immediately target sadness and conflict and disruption in life.

Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.

I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen.

Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.

In great teams conflict becomes productive.

There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts. It is this: Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage. There is a magic formula for avoiding conflicts. It is this: Be concerned that you do not offend, not that you are not offended.

Good drama is all about creating conflict.

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.

[Donald Trump] has moved to admit that there is a conflict of interest now and he needs to do something.

If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.

If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels.

Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.

I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

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.

The nuclear program is not the only issue dividing Iran and the US. Iran's role in the region is also creating conflicts. For example, you support the Shiite Houthi militias in Yemen whereas the US is on the side of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.

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.

Personal freedom has grown greatly within China, and that will provoke ever more points of conflict between the individual and state.

Only the truth can set us free from the fear, the drama and the conflict of our lives.

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could be very dangerous, particularly in an unhealthy relationship, where it could be a recipe for conflict, for something potentially violent that could lead to someone going to jail. There's so much pressure because of the criminalization and stigma. If we lifted that, it's only going to benefit more women.

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