#conflict

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#behold #brave #brave man #conflict #direct

The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#between #both #cannot #caused #change

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

— Steven Spielberg

#american #aware #conflict #i #i am

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#each #israeli-palestinian #israeli-palestinian conflict #nothing #other

This old Germany was partly defeated in its conflict with the progressive ideas of socialism, for it had given the people nothing that could serve as a successful alternative to socialism. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#conflict #could #defeated #germany #given

Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. ↗

— Allen Tate

#conflicts #deals #does #fundamental #logically

I don't like conflict. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#i #like

Communism is in conflict with human nature. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#conflict #human #human nature #nature

So never give in,” continued the girl, and restated again and again the vague yet convincing plea that the Invisible lodges against the Visible. Her excitement grew as she tried to cut the rope that fastened Leonard to the earth. Woven of bitter experience, it resisted her. Presently the waitress entered and gave her a letter from Margaret. Another note, addressed to Leonard, was inside. They read them, listening to the murmurings of the river. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#letter #resistance #river #water #experience

Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#accepting-life #challenges #conflict #contentment #facing-challenges