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“Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you be contemplating an attack, at all?" "It had crossed my mind, I must admit," said Jack. "Indeed, I may go so far as to say, that I am afraid a conflict is now virtually inevitable. Did you notice we have cleared for action?”

Mind May Said Action Conflict Gold Inevitable Hats Contemplating Sandwiches Lace Splendour

Author:Patrick O'Brian

“The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am." He had, in fact, given expression to the most basic error: to equate thinking with Being and identity with thinking. The compulsive thinker, which means almost everyone, lives in a state of apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continuous problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mind.”

Thinking World Mind Mean Made States Facts Problem Found Given Identity Expression Conflict Fundamentals Errors Complexes Philosopher Statements Thinker Separateness Fragmentation

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.”

Mind Artist Interest Solitude Conflict Thrive

Book:Childhood's End

Source: Childhood's End

“When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them.”

Should Writing Mind Humans Human Beings Principles Written Modern Taught Conflict Deprived Basic Principles Modern Day Fallibility

Author:Jimmy Carter

“That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.”

Knows Mind Heart Strange Conflict Torn Twisted

Author:David Levithan

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”

“Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?”

“How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. Considering what the world is now with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on... man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive and has built a society along these lines.”

“It is certainly true in the United States that there is an uneasiness about certain aspects of science, particularly evolution, because it conflicts, in some people's minds, with their sense of how we all came to be. But you know, if you are a believer in God, it's hard to imagine that God would somehow put this incontrovertible evidence in front of us about our relationship to other living organisms and expect us to disbelieve it. I mean, that doesn't make sense at all.”

“Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.”

Mind Heart Soul Fall Break Conflict Army Revenge Empires Humiliation Heart And Mind Heart Break

Author:Janet Morris

“As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.”

Men Mind May War Balance Conflict Decades Wounded

Book:The Colby Essays: Tailor blood and other notes and comments

Source: The Colby Essays: Tailor blood and other notes and comments

“...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.”

Mind War Action Answers Military Cost Conflict Lows Impressed Saddam Casualties

Author:Dick Cheney

“Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness. All forms of misery are heralded by a frame of mind that must become immediately recognizable if we are ever to gain mastery in happiness...Take the time to look in your heart and be clear. Walk through life being clear. Practice doing each thing in peace.”

Ifs Mind Looks Heart Happiness Form Passion Peace Walks Watches Practice Clear Conflict Gains Absolutes Misery Core Unhappiness Mastery Frame Of Mind

Author:Hugh Prather

“The most dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men but between a man and himself - where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.”

Men Mind Conflict Dramatic Solitary Arena

Author:Clark Moustakas

“If you believe in a security strategy - a strategy of more friends and fewer enemies, a strategy of greater cooperation and a strategy of keeping America better at home as we grow more diverse - we have to build the minds and hearts to build this kind of world.”

Ifs World Mind Believe Heart Kind Home America Grows Enemy Greater Security Conflict Strategy Resolution Cooperation Fewer Diverse Heart And Mind If You Believe Win Win

Author:William J. Clinton

“The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does not decide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to do what it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.”

Mind Heart Doe Desire Subjects Conflict Command Rulers Subconscious Subjective

Author:William Thomas Walsh

“Science and religion are very much alike. Both are imaginative and creative aspects of the human mind. The appearance of a conflict is a result of ignorance. We come to exist through a divine act. That divine guidance is a theme throughout our life; at our death the brain goes, but that divine guidance and love continues. Each of us is a unique, conscious being, a divine creation. It is the religious view. It is the only view consistent with all the evidence.”