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“[T]he mass-man sees in the State an anonymous power, and feeling himself, like it, anonymous, he believes that the State is something of his own. Suppose that in the public life of a country some difficulty, conflict, or problem presents itself, the mass-man will tend to demand that the State intervene immediately and undertake a solution directly with its immense and unassailable resources. This is the gravest danger that to-day threatens civilisation: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State.”

Source: the Revolt of the Masses

“Were it not for Occam's Razor, which always demands simplicity, I'd be tempted to believe that human beings are more influenced by distant causes than immediate ones. This would especially be true of overeducated people, who are capable of thinking past the immediate, of becoming obsessed by the remote. It's the old stuff, the conflicts we've never come to terms with, that sneaks up on us, half forgotten, insisting upon action.”

“We are in conflict with the world; otherwise, there would be no necessity to put forth tremendous effort to meet the world and its demands.”

World Would Be Effort Demand Conflict

Author:Krishnananda Saraswati

“This distraction is what one wants, which is very, very bad for the muse, because the muse hates not being in the line of sight. It's no longer an external conflict, like, oh, I have all these demands and I don't like them. The split is in the self. This may explain why, when I was in Santa Barbara before I went to Singapore and then now to Hong Kong, there was a writing moment when I was writing a poem a day. I had never done that before.”

Want Writing May Self Done Moments Hate Lines Demand Conflict Sight Distraction Splits Muse Santa Singapore Hong Kong Barbara Santa Barbara

Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“"The Invisible Woman" was about trying to show this conflict in [Nelly Ternan] woman truthfully, between her own identity, but also being in love with someone who I think made very high demands from her.”

Thinking Trying Made Shows Identity Demand Conflict Invisible Being In Love

Author:Felicity Jones

“If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides insist on getting everything that they want - that is to say 100 percent of their demands to be met, then there can never be a settlement.”

Ifs Want Long Ends Sides Mets Demand Conflict Percent Standing Prepared Compromise Be Prepared Both Sides Settlement Either Or

Author:Aung San Suu Kyi

“When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to make concerning taxes.”

Important Government Decision Demand Conflict Taxes Important Decisions

Book:Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?

Source: Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?

“Negrophobes exist. It is not hatred of the Negro, however, that motivates them; they lack the courage for that, or they have lost it. Hate is not inborn; it has to be constantly cultivated, to be brought into being, in conflict with more or less recognized guilt complexes. Hate demands existence and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behavior; in a sense, he has to become hate. That is why Americans have substituted discrimination for lynching. Each to his own side of the street.”

Shows Action Hate Lost Sides Existence Streets Demand Conflict Behavior Hatred Guilt Complexes Discrimination Appropriate Lynching

Book:Black Skin, White Masks

Source: Black Skin, White Masks

“If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.”

Ifs Men Made Christian Duty Demand Conflict Eternal Institutions Gods Will Customs Almighty Almighty God Transitory Precedence

Author:Martin Luther

“Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and what we ought to do. Integrity establishes the ground rules for resolving these tensions. it determines who we are and how we will respond before the conflict even appears. Integrity welds what we say, think, and do, into a whole person so that permission is never granted for one of these to be out of sync.”

Source: Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)