“Never think that wars are irrational catastrophes: they happen when wrong ways of thinking and living bring about intolerable situations ... the root causes of conflict are usually to be found in some wrong way of life in which all parties have acquiesced, and for which everybody must, to some extent, bear the blame.” ThinkingWayWarHappensFoundCausesPartySituationBearsConflictRootsBlameIrrationalCatastropheWay Of ThinkingWrong WayRoot CauseCauses Of Conflict Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into.” MenWorldSaidResultsEconomicConflictInstitutionsBlameTradeWesternInternationalSuperiorsDevelopingGlobalizationFree Trade Author:Anita Roddick
“I didn't say it was your fault. I said I was going to blame it on you.” SaidConflictBlameCompetitionFaultsNegotiationFunny Boss Author:Ashleigh Brilliant
“When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally in your body.” BodyTurnsAttentionConflictBlameCaughtYour Body Author:Tara Brach
“Many militant conflicts began with war-like words. The blame game is currently more popular in the EU than football. But maybe there is also a good side to this. We now talk more honestly and emotionally with each other. Not in the soulless Euro-lingo of earlier times.” FootballConflictBlameHonestlyMilitantSoulless Author:Donald Tusk
“I realized that for many people attending a reading is like watching television at the end of a long day. They don't want to be sad but to laugh. Chances are they'll pick the sitcoms over the horror movies. So I learned that, while one's larger body of fiction can have quite a bit of sadness and conflict and tragedy in it , in a reading environment, the average audience member seems able to tolerate only a little bit of sadness. They'd much rather the reading be sexy, funny, and witty. Life is hard these days. There's more than enough sadness in the world, so I can't blame them.” PeopleWorldLongEnoughReadingChanceAudienceLaughingEnvironmentSadnessHorrorConflictTragedyBlameWittySexyI RealizedTolerateSitcomLife Is HardLong Day Author:Chinelo Okparanta
“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldWayHandsSidesInterestLeaderWillingJudgingConflictBlameWestCorruptionPresidentialDeceitMutualNew WaysGlobesFistsDissentMutual RespectInaugurationInauguralMuslim WorldWay ForwardSilencingMutual Interest Author:Barack Obama
“To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.” PeopleKnowsLeaderJudgingConflictBlameWestGlobesInaugurationInaugural Author:Barack Obama
“The conflict will always beyond ur strength.The enemy always pushes us beyond our personal, inbred, preset limits concerning how far we'll go for God:"Here's how far I'm going to love,this is how many times I'll turn the other cheek."The test kills the limits of our humanity,til we're like Christ in everything We're left with a choice:Become Christlike or gradually shrivel into superficial hypocrites: angry people who have stopped walking with God, who blame others for our bitterness.” PeopleHumanityTurnsChoicesLeftChristEnemyWalkingConflictLimitsTestsBlameAngryBitternessCheeksSuperficialHypocriteWalking With GodTurn The Other CheekInbreds Author:Francis Frangipane
“You can blame people who knock things over in the dark or you can begin to light candles. You're only at fault if you know about the problem and choose to do nothing.” PeopleIfsKnowsProblemLightDarkHealingConflictBlameFaultsCandle Author:Paul Hawken
“Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.” PastCoursesHealingFutureConflictTasksBlame Author:John F. Kennedy
“As long as the mind is in conflict-blaming, resisting, condemning-there can be no understanding. If I want to understand you, I must not condemn you, obviously.” IfsWantMindLongUnderstandingConflictBlameResistingCondemning Book:The First and Last Freedom Source: The First and Last Freedom