“It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.” IfsKindMayMeanCharacterUsedLeftWiseSorrowConflictElementsGoldDisappointmentImprovementMetalsProvidenceArrangementsAfflictionCrucibleDross Author:William Morley Punshon
“Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that in our Communion we should be investing so much time and energy on disagreement about sexual orientation? [The Communion, which] used to be known for embodying the attribute of comprehensiveness, of inclusiveness, where we were meant to accommodate all and diverse views, saying we may differ in our theology but we belong together as sisters and brothers [now seems] hell-bent on excommunicating one another. God must look on and God must weep.” ShouldLooksMayWarProblemSeemsTogetherFacesUsedEnergyViewsKnownPovertyHellBrotherConflictInvestingAidsTheologyUsed To BeAttributesDiverseCommunionBentBrothers And SistersDisagreementHivOrientationAccommodateTime And EnergyHiv AidsInclusiveness Author:Desmond Tutu
“The 'divide & conquer' principle has been successfully implemented on our planet and is being used very effectively to keep us under control and in a perpetual state of conflict.” Has BeensStatesUsedPrinciplesPlanetsConflictConquerDividesPerpetualOur Planet Author:Michael Tellinger
“When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me, I was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts... I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.” WarStatesUsedTimeWeekSpecialTheoryConflictConfusionNervousGoing AwayRelativityTheories Of Relativity Author:Albert Einstein
“Conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.” UsedTelevisionConflictJournalismDevices Author:Aaron Sorkin
“I write, and I feel how the correct and precise use of words is sometimes like a remedy to an illness. Like a contraption for purifying the air, I breathe in and exhale the murkiness and manipulations of linguistic scoundrels and language rapists of all shades and colors. I write and I feel how the tenderness and intimacy I maintain with language, with its different layers, its eroticism and humor and soul, give me back the person I used to be, me, before my self became nationalized and confiscated by the conflict, by governments and armies, by despair and tragedy.” GivingFeelsWritingPersonsDifferentSoulSelfSometimesUseGovernmentUsedLanguageAirColorConflictDespairGive MeTragedyArmyIllnessBreatheUsed To BeIntimacyManipulationShadeLayersTendernessRemedyPreciseScoundrelsPurifying Author:David Grossman
“If you take the conflicts we are used to dealing with, race over the years in America, and you combine that with the desire or aspiration to political power or taking power from other people, which is what politics is all about, you end up with a lot more friction than you would normally see with just straight-ahead politics.” PeopleIfsYearsEndsAmericaPoliticalUsedDesireRaceConflictAspirationPolitical PowerFriction Author:Gwen Ifill
“I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could?” IfsShouldReasonUsedForceSimpleViewsMilitaryConflict Author:Colin Powell
“The concept of intuition is more often used in philosophical theorizing than is the concept of observation in scientific theorizing (proportionately). One reason is that there is (proportionately) more ostensible conflict of philosophical intuitions than there is ostensible conflict of scientific observations. So much for the use of a concept of intuition in philosophical theorizing.” ReasonUseUsedConflictConceptsPhilosophicalIntuitionObservation Author:Ernest Sosa
“Rudy Giuliani would bring conflicts of interest into any Senate confirmation hearing that would be impossible to clear if confirmation hearings operate under the same gravitational forces that they used to in the pre-Trump era.” IfsWould BeUsedForceInterestClearImpossibleTrumpConflictHearingErasSenateConfirmationConflict Of InterestRudy Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The high level of the technologies used during the Gulf War makes this conflict quite unique, but the very process of de-realization of the war started in 1945. War occured in Kuwait, but it also occured on the screens of the entire world. The site of defeat or victory was not the ground, but the screen.” WorldWarUsedProcessLevelsTechnologyVictoryConflictUniqueDefeatScreensRealizationSiteHigh LevelGulf WarKuwait Author:Paul Virilio
“There's conflict in everything, just trying to buy a used car you deal with people that you don't want to deal with, you know, that's just the way of life, nothing stops changing, you're always going to have the conflict till your last breath, I mean on your deathbed, arguing with the doctor who's going to pay the bill, you know, it's just the reality of it, so none of that ever goes away.” PeopleKnowsWayWantTryingMeanRealityLastsUsedDealsPayCarConflictDoctorsBreathsBillsArguingDoctor WhoDeathbedUsed Car Author:Maynard James Keenan
“I am still covering conflict to some degree. I was back in Iraq. I've covered quite a bit of the Israel and Palestine. But I'm not doing it with the kind of intensity I was before and I'm not seeking out the front line and the kind danger that comes with being at the edge of the war the way I used to.” WayKindStillsWarUsedBitsLinesFrontsDangerConflictDegreesIraqEdgesSeekingIsraelCoveredIntensityPalestineCovering Author:Peter van Agtmael
“[The Middle East conflict ] just kind of ran its course for me. For a long time I could justify doing it to myself, no matter how irrational it was. It was important to me and my work. And I just don't feel it in the same way any more. When it comes up and it's important to me, I'll do it, but more out of sense of duty than desire - which used to be a big part of it.” WayFeelsKindLongImportantMatterBigsUsedDesireCoursesMiddleDutyConflictLong TimeCome UpEastUsed To BeRanJustifyMiddle EastIrrationalMiddle East Conflict Author:Peter van Agtmael
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.” PeopleMenTryingLittlesPersonsEnoughPlayBigsSeemsFormUsedMotherBitsCommonRolesCasesViolenceCallingConflictFindingsLittle BitDoctorsOrganizationVariousThemeVariationCaretakers Author:Barbara Crampton
“Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.” PeopleThinkingWayUsedBeliefConflictBridgesWay Of Thinking Author:Kjell Magne Bondevik
“The American president increasingly used his influence to create conflicts, intensify existing conflicts, and, above all, to keep conflicts from being resolved peacefully. For years this man looked for a dispute anywhere in the world, but preferably in Europe, that he could use to create political entanglements with American economic obligations to one of the contending sides, which would then steadily involve America in the conflict and thus divert attention from his own confused domestic economic policies.” MenWorldYearsUseAmericaPoliticalUsedSidesPresidentAttentionInfluenceEconomicPolicyConflictEuropeObligationConfusedDisputesEconomic PolicyAmerican PresidentContendingEntanglement Author:Adolf Hitler
“~I used to think, What if there's an interesting movie and it conflicts with the boys going to a new school for the first time?... Well, I didn't anticipate that was going to be about a two-second dilemma. I didn't know the choices would be so easy to make.~” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsWellsTwoWould BeSchoolUsedChoicesEasyInterestingBoysConflictFirst TimeParentingWhat IfAnticipateDilemma Author:Jodie Foster
“In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become a vehicle of hatred, it can never be used in God's name to justify violence.” WorldImportantUsedReligionNamesViolenceAtheismConflictHatredRepeatsJustifyVehicleWoundedJustified Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Recently there's been a trend to apply the term "bullying" to any kind of conflict at work, for example overwork and long hours. Although some bullying behaviours may be present in these issues, in my view this dilutes and devalues the term "workplace bullying" which should be used only for the more serious cases of conflict involving a serial bully. If there isn't a serial bully involved, it's probably not bullying you're dealing with.” IfsShouldKindMayLongUsedTermHoursViewsCasesIssuesExampleSeriousInvolvedConflictBullyingTrendsBehaviourWorkplaceBullyInvolvingSerialsLong HoursOverworkDevalue Author:Tim Field