Quotes About Conflict

Human beings around the world have to be taught to go, 'Tamil equals Tamil civilians first, and the Tamil Tiger is a separate thing.' And both of those groups are different. It's like a square and a circle.

'Roar' is a film based on the tigers in the Sundarbans. It is the story of a battle between man and the beast.

Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom.

I wouldn't say my mother was my best friend, because that sounds odd, but we have a really tight bond and she is my friend on Facebook. Although she only goes on it to check up on me and sometimes we argue about it.

the fires of a nation about to be born, she went out in the fiery blaze of a nation at war with itself.

You cannot fight terrorism with terrorism.

There is no justification whatsoever for waging war on undesirable regimes, because these wars ultimately do not favour democracy on the ground.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.

Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.

To defend his position he piles up text upon text, waves his sword like a blind-folded gladiator, rattles his noisy tongue, and ends with wounding no one but himself.

Further, nothing, except sin, is contrary to an act of virtue. But war is contrary to peace. Therefore war is always a sin.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps.

Regard the Franj! Behold with what obstinacy they fight for their religion, while we, the Muslims, show no enthusiasm for waging holy war.

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

Harmony makes small things grow. Lack of it makes big things decay.

In general, this is what destroys great states: one group wants to overcome the other in any possible way and then to take a bitter vengeance on the defeated.

non avrei mai creduto che il cuore potesse causare tanti dolori e tanti conflitti. Che si potesse rompere, ma anche aggiustare. Che si potesse donare, ma anche riaverlo indietro. Perderlo e trovarlo di nuovo.

The angrier the man, the more desperate his love.

A pinch of jealousy thickens the broth.

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.

So India's problem turns out to be the world's problem. What happened in India has happened in God's name. The problem's name is God.