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“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.”

Source: The Politics of Education: Culture, Power, and Liberation

“Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.”

Heart Sides Virtue Pure Conflict Intellect Pure Heart

Book:Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God

Source: Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God

“Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar power of understanding the will and spirit of God, is only a silent working of the inner man.”

Men Spirit Understanding Virtue Failing Conflict Prove Silent Every Man Peculiar Mastery Spirit Of God

Author:Friedrich Schleiermacher

“Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with God, the mother and daughter of tears, a bridge for crossing temptations, a wall of protection from afflictions, a crushing of conflicts, boundless activity, the spring of virtues, the source of spiritual gifts, invisible progress, food of the soul, the enlightening of the mind, an axe for despair, a demonstration of hope, release from sorrow, the wealth of monks.”

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

War Virtue Conflict Adversity Prosperity Fortitude Temperance

Author:Francis Bacon

“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.”

“The people of Iran have been battling against consecutive conflicts between tradition and modernity for over 100 years... some have tried and are trying to see the world through the eyes of their predecessors and to deal with the problems and difficulties of the existing world by virtue of the values of the ancients... many others...seek to go forth in step with world developments and not lag behind the caravan of civilization, development and progress.”

“The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but in walking orderly.”

Doe War Soul Virtue Walking Conflict Flying Orderly Flying High

Book:Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays

Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays

“Seek the outstanding mental conflict in the person, give him the remedy that will overcome that conflict and all the hope and encouragement you can, then the virtue within him will, itself do all the rest.”

Giving Persons Virtue Health Conflict Overcoming Encouragement Remedy Outstanding

Author:Edward Bach