Quotes About Conflict

A avea un duÈ™man e important nu numai pentru a ne defini identitatea, ci È™i pentru a ne procura un obstacol în raport cu care s? ne evalu?m sistemul de valori È™i s? ne ar?t?m, înfruntându-l, propria valoare. De aceea, atunci când duÈ™manul nu exist?, el trebuie construit.

Pe de o parte, ne putem recunoaÈ™te pe noi înÈ™ine numai în prezenÈ›a Altuia, È™i pe acest fapt se sprijin? regulile de convieÈ›uire È™i înÈ›elegere. Dar mai degrab? îl g?sim insuportabil pe acest Altul, pentru c? într-o m?sur? oarecare nu este noi. AÈ™a c?, reducându-l la un duÈ™man, ne construim infernul nostru pe p?mânt.

The crusades were carried out in virtuous bad faith.

Me respondió que, cuando los verdaderos enemigos son demasiado fuertes, hay que buscarse otros enemigos más débiles.

often inquisitors create heretics. And not only in the sense that they imagine heretics where they do not exist, but also that inquisitors repress the heretical putrefaction so vehemently that many are driven to share in it, in their hatred of the judges. Truly, a circle conceived by the devil.

All'università (allora, ma credo ancor oggi) le cose vanno all'opposto del mondo normale, non sono i figli che odiano i padri ma i padri che odiano i figli.

Le guerre sono lo sfogo più efficace e naturale che si possa desiderare per tenere a freno la crescita degli esseri umani. Non si diceva infatti un tempo, partendo per la guerra, Dio lo vuole? Ma bisogna trovare gente che la guerra abbia voglia di farla. Se tutti si imboscassero, in guerra non morirebbe nessuno. E allora perché farle?

El hecho de que la humanidad haya practicado la guerra durante decenas de miles de años como una solución a los estados de desequilibrio no es más convincente que el hecho de que en el mismo período la humanidad haya decidido resolver los desequilibrios psicológicos recurriendo al alcohol o a otras drogas.

I francesi] sono cattivi. Uccidono per noia. E' l'unico popolo che ha tenuto occupati per vari anni i suoi cittadini a tagliarsi reciprocamente la testa, e fortuna che Napoleone ha deviato la loro rabbia su quelli di altra razza, incolonnandoli a distruggere l'Europa.

Al parecer no podemos pasarnos sin el enemigo. La figura del enemigo no puede ser abolida por los procesos de civilización.

Opera aperta is a polemical book, in marked conflict with the Crocean aesthetics that dominated the Italian academic world in the early sixties.

Åžimdi anl?yorum ki, istemin buyruÄŸunun kendini göstermesi gereken düÅŸünsen açl?kla insan tutkular?n?n öznesi olan duygusal açl?k aras?ndaki çeliÅŸkiden ötürü ac? çekiyormuÅŸum.

Con la crisis del concepto de comunidad surge un individualismo desenfrenado, en el que nadie es ya compañero de camino de nadie, sino antagonista del que hay que guardarse.

Después de pasarme dos años entre humanistas que recitaban fórmulas para convencer a la naturaleza de hacer cosas que no tenía la menor intención de hacer, recibí noticas de Italia: mis antiguos compañeros, o al menos algunos de ellos, se dedicaban a dispararle a la nuca a los que no estuviesen de acuerdo con ellos, para convencer a la gente de que hiciese cosas que no tenía la menor intención de hacer.

Una guerra santa sigue siendo una guerra.

Perdona siempre a tu enemigo. No hay nada que le enfurezca más»)

todo acto de apropiación implica una dosis de violencia

Es un círculo diabólico en el que el contestatario potencia aquello que cree destruir.

It's always going to be like this, isn't it? she thought frantically. Whatever I want to do, it'll never be what Mom wants. And eventually, I'll start to forget what I wanted, and it'll be like I was never there at all.

There are always two sides to a story.

The police, and the strikers also, were determined that there should be no violence; but there was another party interested which was minded to the contrary—and that was the press.

Lanny, climbing the hill, carried a thought which by now had become his familiar companion: Why, oh, why did men have to make their lives so ugly? What evil spell was upon them that they wrangled and scolded, hated and feared? He

It was the same type of men all over the world. They tried to grab on another's coal and steel and oil and gold; yet, the moment they were threatened by their wage slaves anywhere, they got together to fight against the common peril. Do it with the army, do it with gangsters, do it with the workers' own leaders, buying them or seducing them with titles, honors, and applause!

That appeared to be the way of all evil, it compelled the good to cease being good and to meet evil on its own evil ground.