Quotes About Discord

Whatever moved in Kit was vast and slow, a symphony of emotion that swelled from discord into something complex and bittersweet and whole.

One of the worst things about people was how easily they didn't go together.

Conceding he was equally to blame for their discord, he rationalizes, "It is what life does to love—unless you watch and care for it. This time I am going to watch and care. And when you fall in love—as I am sure you soon will—you better bear that in mind, too.

Children's laughter marks both beginning and end. This poison lingers in our veins even when we withdraw to the silence of prior discord.

Son unos pueblos a los que Dios ha distinguido particularmente con la turbulencia y la ignorancia, y a los que en su totalidad ha marcado con la hostilidad y la violencia.

The trouble between Hindus and Muslims, which has continued to this day, is not generated by the people's inability to get along, but by those in positions of power and influence who seek to exploit religious differences for personal gain.

He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.

We're living in interesting times, where people seem to be able to say things which are contrary to what you would call rationalism.

Whether on guns, race, culture or feminism, there really are two Americas.

All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a basic breakdown, that becomes very threatening.

I think a lot of folks are beginning to feel that the forces that are tearing us apart in this country are stronger than the forces that tie us together. I don't believe that.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

To rule our country or subjects by force, though we may have the ability, and may correct what is wrong, is yet an ungrateful undertaking; especially as all changes in the state lead to bloodshed, exile, and other evils of discord; while to struggle in ineffectual attempts, and to gain nothing, by wearisome exertions, but public hatred, is the extreme of madness; unless when a base and pernicious spirit, perchance, may prompt a man to sacrifice his honor and liberty to the power of a party.

Let my enemies devour each other

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

I wouldn't wish the eighties on anyone, it was the time when all that was rotten bubbled to the surface. If you were not at the receiving end of this mayhem you could be unaware of it.

After that one fitnah, every time it calms down in one place, it starts somewhere else.

The time is out of joint.

Was it worth while, he thought, to be so wise, if wisdom made one at times so sad? Was it well to sacrifice Faith for Fact, when Faith was so warm and Fact so cold? Was it better to be a dreamer of things possible, or a worker-out of things positive? And how much was positive, after all, and how much possible? He balanced the question lightly with himself. It was like a discord in the music of his mind, and disturbed his peace.

Living through enough, we all come to this understanding, though it is difficult to accept: No matter what path we choose to honor, there will always be conflict to negotiate. If we choose to avoid all conflict with others, we will eventually breed a poisonous conflict within ourselves. Likewise, if we manage to attend our inner lives, who we are will — sooner or later — create some discord with those who would rather have us be something else.

And I thought to myself, Hell and blast you all, if all you bastards are on the side of Good then I'm glad I belong to the other shop.