Quotes About Resolution

In the 1970's and in early 1980's, a startling discovery was made that almost every problem contains an element of solutions.

Many destructive conflicts arise simply because two people are using opposite kinds of perception and judgment. When the origin of such a conflict is recognized, it becomes less annoying and easier to handle.

In order to come to a conclusion, people use the judging attitude and have to shut off perception for the time being.

War ... has become impossible, except at the price of suicide.

Withholding things in a story is no good if you aren't building to something substantial. It becomes foreplay without the main event, and no one wants that.

There's something about looking at Super 8 films that is so evocative. You could argue it's the resolution of the film somehow because they aren't crystal clear and perfect so there is a kind of gauzy layer between you and what you see. You could argue it's the silence of them. You could say it's the sound of the projectors that create a moodiness. But there's something about looking at analog movies that's infinitely more powerful than digital.

I'm actually a huge fan of digital as well. I appreciate how that technology opens the doors for filmmakers who never had access to that level of quality before. However, I do think film itself sets the standard for quality. You can talk about range, light, sensitive, resolution -- there's something about film that is undeniably beautiful, undeniably organic and natural and real.

If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church. The

We have all taken risks in the making of war. Isn't it time that we should take risks to secure peace?

When human beings live together, conflict is inevitable. War is not.

History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

The aim of argument is differing in order to agree; the failure of argument is when you agree to differ.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge

Never argue with a gun-cutter, [...]

Tragedy always moves our story forward in a way shalom could never accomplish.

God is not bound by time, nor is our story. We desperately want our situation to be solved. We want resolution. But, God unfolds the plot in His own time. It is in our months or years of waiting that our story comes to maturity. It is over a lifetime of stories that he turns our desire toward Him.

A denouement is not a complete or fully resolved ending but a satisfying closure to a story. [in French translates 'an untying, a relaxing of a knot of complexity'] Denouement is the rest that comes when all the disparate plot lines of a story, gnarled and taut, have been untied and an order has come about that brings a new moment of shalom.

Dear God: Please help me to know what the fuck to do with my life and how to fix it.

What do you have against violins?" I asked Andrea. "Not violins, Arlo! Violence!

The postmortem for a problem can be the preamble to a solution.

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every problem brings with it the seed of a solution

Pair New Year's resolutions with Old Year's regrets.