#conflict

We humans have always sought to increase our personal energy in the only manner we have known, by seeking to psychologically steal it from the others--an unconscious competition that underlies all human conflict in the world. ↗

— James Redfield

#conflict

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr. ↗

— Einstein MLK

#phrases #profound #quotes-to-live-by #read #words-of-wisdom

And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#conflict

The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#conflict

All who make wishes are the same. When one wish comes into conflict with someone else's wish ... then one must make a choice. Either abandon one's own wish ... or crush the other's wish for the sake of your own. ↗

— CLAMP

#tsubasa-reservoir-chronicle #conflict

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#otto-von-bismarck #procrastination #conflict

For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that. ↗

— David Levithan

#every-day #conflict

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#conflict #government #history #politics #power

The bias of the mainstream media is toward sensationalism, conflict, and laziness. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#conflict

The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were a very bad way to conduct a war, and that indeed, if that was going to be our practice, that we shouldn't wage conflict again. ↗

— Robert McFarlane

#away #bad #came #conclusion #conduct