Quotes about Conflict

But, far from feeling Stavros as one of the enemy camp, he counts on him to keep this madwoman, his wife, under control. Through her body, they have become brothers.

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?

My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any longer if you're going to live this way." So, I was thrilled about it - thrilled!

Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.

Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.

It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and Worse.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.

Never get into family fights over material things; give them up willingly, and your moral standing will increase in proportion.

Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear and contempt.