Quotes About Conflict

And this is how otherwise reasonable people end up throwing rocks at one another,

Justice, when carried to its final conclusion, often results in punishment, conflict, revenge and even war.

Justice ... is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it judges sharply what is right and what is wrong. On the other hand, judgment based on justice naturally calls forth a counter-judgment as a reaction from the side so-judged. Accordingly, we fall into an endless conflict and struggle between judge and the judged.

It's nothing that complicated, I just want to kill him

I think I was always interested in the larger world, even as a kid, and my experiences as a journalist only heightened that interest. Covering conflict, I learned that though leaders often try to create a sense of "us" and "them," the differences are not that delineated. I often felt like it was a whole bunch of "us," with some of "them" scattered around. That made me feel that the borders we draw around ourselves are often artificial.

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

I hated war. Who cared, after all, which side won? The only important thing was to end it all soon as possible: rather an unjust peace, than a "just" war! I

War, I concluded, paralyzes people's power of judgment.

Mi cerebro es una casa de campo para demonios. Se preparan aperitivos con el licor de mis angustias.

A pinch from a friend hurts more than a blow from an enemy.

Beatings from a friend are better than kisses from an enemy.

Hidden love is better than open hate.

When anger heats up it folds into fists.

You don't win battles you walk away from.

Ah, Officer Orcot…what am I going to do about you? I do enjoy your company. One of these days, I may not let you leave.

Kaname: Ichijou...about Aido... Ichijou: Hmmm? Kaname: He's beginning to get on my nerves... Ichijou: Well, he's in love with you.

I'm not the 'Yuki' Zero knows anymore... Because the vampire side of me..ate the other part...

Yuki (in a standoff with Zero): We're going to stay like this until vol. 10? Why...don't we sit down...Zero? Zero: I can't. If I sit down, I won't be able to get up again. (I've reached my limits in many ways). Yuki: Well, I'm going to sit...

And For You Zero, A Life Sized Vudu Doll" -Kaname Kuran "I DONT WANT IT!" -Zero Kiryu "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" -Juri Elizabeth Marin

It amazed Forrest that so many men seemed to wake up in the morning needing some kind of beating or another, men saying and doing fantastic things for the sake of getting another man to smash his face.

Morgan: How fuckin' retarded do you have to be to get shit-canned from that job? How hard is it to push a fuckin' broom? Chuckie: You got fired from pushing a broom, you little bitch. Morgan: Yah, that was different. Management was restructurin'. Billy: Yah, restructurin' the amount of retards they had workin' for them.

He'd give anything to be out there playing instead of standing here watching. Trying to maintain this smile out of respect. He digs into his wrists some more with his nails. Breaks previously broken skin and pulls away. A smear of blood he wipes away with his other hand, rubs off across his dark jeans. Back home his mom is always on him to stop digging, but that only makes him want to dig more." -exerpt from "Mexican White Boy