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Quotes About Conflict

Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.
~ Shimon Peres
When Israel was weak, I worked to make her fierce. But once she was strong, I gave my life's efforts to peace.
~ Shimon Peres
Peace is a purpose—a goal worthy of the chase, while war is a function—born out of reluctant necessity.
~ Shimon Peres
we will need to release terrorists," I wrote one night during the coming drama, "Israel will look like a rag, and even worse, she will be one.
~ Shimon Peres
If science were to make enlightenment massively available to humanity, we should expect to see numerous and stunning positive improvements in the human situation: dramatic reduction in conflict and violence from the interpersonal level to the international level, reduction in crime and substance addiction, vast improvement in the global baseline of physical and mental health, and probably even a general elevation of human intelligence.
~ Shinzen Young
What is unfortunate, however, is that in the case of China, teaching patriotism is also teaching anti-Japanese sentiment.
~ Shinzo Abe
His mouth left her lips, traveling with a trail of fire down her neck to her breast, and breathlessly Nicole whispered, "Don't, please, Christopher, don't do this to me." He stopped and stared up at her, beguiled and enchanted by the beautiful features so near him. "Stop?" he muttered thickly. "I cannot. You say you do not want me. But you lie, Nicole, you have always lied. If you did not want me, this would not happen." - Nicole & Christopher
~ Shirlee Busbee
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
~ Shirley Chisholm
You can't argue with someone whose premises are completely different from yours, where there is not even an inch of common ground
~ Shirley Chisholm
When morality comes up against profit, it's seldom profit that loses.
~ Shirley Chisholm
Paul said, 'You always had some contempt for me.' 'Yes.' 'And love too.' 'Yes.' A flicker over her stare was the facial equivalent of a shrug. 'Now you have a wife to give you both.
~ Shirley Hazzard
If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.
~ Shirley MacLaine
each had so much to say that neither was willing to expend the effort, and so said nothing.
~ Shirley Russak Wachtel
A narrow mind and a big mouth usually lead to pointless arguments.
~ Shiv Khera
I learned a long time ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty and besides, the pig likes it.
~ Shiv Khera
You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.
~ Sholem Aleichem
There is nothing in the world, I tell you, so maddening as a person who doesn't answer when you abuse him. You shout and you scold, you are ready to burst a gut, and he stands there and smiles....
~ Sholem Aleichem
And lawyers are just like doctors. Whatever one says, the other says just the opposite. But they all take money and give advice. Each of them, different advice.
~ Sholem Aleichem
The cause of conflict is some fixed idea or one-sided idea. When everyone knows the value of pure practice, we will have little conflict in our world.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
Ammachi. Like the earth-goddess in the folktales, she was not to be disturbed from her tranquillity. To do so would have been the cause of a catastrophic earthquake. In order to minimize interference by either Ammachi or Janaki, we had developed and refined a system of handling conflict and settling disputes ourselves. Two things formed the framework of this system: territoriality and leadership.
~ Shyam Selvadurai
He who does not attempt to make peace When small discords arise, Is like the bee's hive which leaks drops of honey Soon, the whole hive collapses.
~ Siddha Nagarjuna
Argue the point not the person.
~ Siddharth Astir
Every Relationship would be perfect..... If only a third person didn't give his/her free advice
~ Siddharth Astir
Everyone is fighting their own war in life, don't be the reason for a new battle in anyone's life.
~ Siddharth Astir