“I think violence begets violence. I don't think a way to solve any sort of conflict is with violence because nothing ever ends up solved, that way.” ThinkingWayEndsViolenceConflictSolveBegets Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The way to solve the conflict between human values and technology needs is not to run away from technology. That's impossible. The way to resolve the conflict is to break down the barriers of dualistic thought that prevent a real understanding of what technology is--not an exploitation of nature, but a fusion of nature and the human spirit into a new kind of creation that transcends both.” WayNeedsHumansKindRealRunningSpiritValuesUnderstandingBreakTechnologyImpossibleCreationConflictSolveBarriersResolveRunning AwayExploitationBreaking DownHuman SpiritFusionHuman Values Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“People are stereotypes, they are caricaturized. It comes from both sides of the political aisle, it comes from the press. It's all about conflict, it's all about personality, and there are huge stakes in the policies that are being debated, and I think there's a hunger amongst a very significant, maybe even a critical mass of Americans, clustered on the left, right, and center, to have an adult conversation about how we're going to solve these problems ... but it's not for the fainthearted.” PeopleThinkingProblemPoliticalLeftSidesPolicyHugePersonalityConversationConflictMassAdultsPressesHungerSolveCriticalSignificantStakesStereotypeBoth SidesAisleCritical Mass Author:Hillary Clinton
“The world understands that our country could solve all conflicts with military solutions, but we won't because we have leaders and we have a moral responsibility but we have also have a political - we have a political leader who is scared and who is raised on the idea that American force is the true evil.” WorldIdeasCountryPoliticalEvilForceResponsibilityLeaderMoralMilitaryConflictSolutionsRaisedScaredSolveOur CountryPolitical LeadersMoral ResponsibilityTrue Evil Author:Greg Gutfeld
“There is some conflict between religion and science in my world, but that's nothing new. Science, at its root, is a rational discipline. Religion, on the other hand, is fundamentally trans-rational. Both of them attempt to solve problems, but since their methodology is vastly different, they can't help but come into conflict.” WorldDifferentHelpingProblemHandsDisciplineConflictRootsSolveRationalScience And ReligionTransNothing NewMethodology Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“If the corrupt Jordanian monarchy were overthrown, it would be the ideal opportunity to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the West Bank and Jordan could then be united. There is already a Palestinian majority in Jordan, and there is enough room for everyone there. That would be the best revolution I could imagine.” IfsEnoughWould BeOpportunityUnitedRoomsImagineRevolutionConflictIdealsMajorityWestSolveBeing The BestPalestinianIsraeliMonarchyJordanIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Tom Segev
“Any time scientists disagree, it's because we have insufficient data. Then we can agree on what kind of data to get; we get the data; and the data solves the problem. Either I'm right, or you're right, or we're both wrong. And we move on. That kind of conflict resolution does not exist in politics or religion.” KindDoeProblemMovingConflictScientistAgreeSolveDataResolutionDisagreeInsufficientConflict Resolution Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.” TryingProblemConflictSolveGreat ThingsSongwriters Author:Rachael Yamagata
“I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders.” WayGivingBelieveProblemOrderGrewOne DayConflictGrew UpHarmonySolveEastern Author:Ang Lee
“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.” WayLifeMeanDoeSpiritualPeaceDifferencesEducationKnowledgeConflictSolveAbsenceDialoguePeacefulBuddhistHumaneBeing At PeacePeace And ToleranceHumane WayPeaceful Heart Author:Dalai Lama
“If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.” IfsProblemTeamConflictSolveIf I CouldTeamworkCollaborationConsensusTeam WorkInspirational TeamTeamwTeam WorkingInspirational TeamworkTeamwork In EducationTeamwork And Love Author:Thomas A. Edison
“We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.” WayStillsDesignJudgingConflictSolveJudgement Author:Edward de Bono
“We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well. We have our own Third World here. And we have to first become aware of that and how to help and solve that.” ThinkingWorldFirstsWellsWarStatesHelpingFightingUnitedPovertyUnited StatesViolenceConflictThirdsSolveHorribleOngoingThird WorldHorrificEnding Poverty Author:Martin Sheen
“More and more individuals worldwide are realizing that war does not solve conflict, nor resolve long-standing cycles of violence. As more of those who have this understanding communicate it to policy-makers and more particularly, start implementing it in their own lives and localities, change will start to happen.” LongDoeWarHappensIndividualUnderstandingRealizingViolencePolicyConflictStandingCommunicateSolveCyclesResolveResolutionMakersWin WinImplementingPolicy MakersLocalityCycle Of Violence Author:Scilla Elworthy