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“Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this is the peace you seek, purify your body by sensible living habits, purify your mind by expelling all negative thoughts, purify your motives by casting out any ideas of greed or self-striving and by seeking to serve you fellow human beings, purify your desires by eliminating all wishes for material possessions or self-glorification and by desiring to know and do God's will for you. Inspire others to do likewise.”

“As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment.”

Knows Want Believe Has Beens War Moments Might Wish Produce Conflict Army Rate Iraq Accomplished Armor

Author:Donald Rumsfeld

“Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.”

World Needs War Sometimes Might Suffering Wish Attention Conflict War Of The Worlds Civil War World War Ii World War I Eastern Earthquakes Congo Haiti Barbaric Tsunami

Author:Nicholas D. Kristof

“Conflict may be defined as a situation of competition in which the parties are aware of the incompatibility of potential future positions, and in which each party wishes to occupy a position that is incompatible with the wishes of the other.”

May Wish Party Situation Position Conflict Competition Defined Incompatibility

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding

“The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.”

Ifs Humans Wish Principles Ought Conflict Fundamentals Affair Negotiation Misunderstanding Utopia Pointless Fundamental Principles

Author:Umberto Eco

“Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless we can return a little more to first principles, and act a little more upon patriotic ground, I do not know when it will.”

Knows Men Firsts Littles Wish Principles Return Conflict Filled Very Good Cease Good Man Patriotic Iniquity

Book:The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

“People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.”

People May Wish Creativity Buddhism Fine Conflict

Author:Quentin S. Crisp

“I think it's ok to have wishes that conflict with each other - it's irrational to try to make them both come true, but not irrational simply to have them.”

Thinking Trying Wish Conflict Irrational

Author:Nomy Arpaly

“I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement.”

States House Wish Process Return Conflict Commitment Election Democratic Agreement Democratic Process Armed Conflict Lancaster

Author:Robert Mugabe

“Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline.”

Wish Causes Religious Numbers Conflict Racism Manage Headlines Religious Conflict

Author:Tony Blair

“So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.”

“The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become God.”

Men Wish Interest Conflict Crosses Conflict Of Interest

Author:Jürgen Moltmann

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.”

“He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.”

Men War Wish Honest Conflict Observation Virtuous Honest Man

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish.”

Way Want May Three Wish Sides Differences Conflict Compromise Resolution Integration Both Sides Domination Conflict Resolution Win Win Three Ways Workplace Conflict

Book:Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett

Source: Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett