Quotes About Conflict

Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.

If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.

No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

Ignorance is the Mother of Opposition

Ya que las espadas fueron diseñadas para matar, hicieron bien en hacerlas con forma de lengua.

Dicho del Profeta Verdad Decir la verdad a los injustos es la mejor de las guerras santas.

Si el vino es el enemigo de la religión, habré de devorar al enemigo de la religión.

La ignorancia es la madre de la oposición.

Dijo el rayo al roble: "¡Apártate o aguanta lo que te viene!

Mejor discutir con un amigo que apoyar enemigos.

In the darkness, even love will become hate

Our body teaches us that health lies in balance and harmony, rather than in conflict and fighting.

A peaceful life doesn't mean one that has no conflict or struggle . . . a life that avoids conflict never changes. We must live making sounds like the stream of water . . . we can produce beautiful sounds in our lives by colliding with obstacles.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

The expendability factor has increased by being transferred from the specialised, scarce and expensively trained military personnel to the amorphous civilian population. American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War 5 per cent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 per cent, while in a Third World War 90-95 per cent would be civilians.

It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to another person - because as soon as we look in one another's faces we can see the other point of view.

With one vicious kick to his head, Dom

And yes, I'll admit, I am jealous. I'm jealous of every minute you spend with him, of every concerned expression you send his way, of every tear shed, of every glance, every touch, and every thought. I want to rip him to pieces and purge him from your mind and from your heart. But I can't.

He then put both hands on the door on either side of my head and leaned in close, pinning me against it. I trembled like a downy rabbit caught in the clutches of a wolf. The wolf came closer. He bent his head and began nuzzling my cheek. The problem was…I wanted the wolf to devour me.