“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.” MayEndsWholeHelpingYoungEconomyGenerationsModernBuildingWillingOffersConflictResourcesIsraelAspirationSpiteRegionsRealisingPalestinianLimited Resources Author:Shimon Peres
“Etiquette enables you to resolve conflict without just trading insults. Without etiquette, the irritations in modern life are so abrasive that you see people turning to the law to regulate everyday behavior. This frightens me; it's a major inroad on our basic freedoms.” PeopleLawModernConflictBehaviorMajorsEverydayMannersInsultResolveTradingModern LifeEtiquetteIrritation Author:Judith Martin
“There is no "scientific worldview" just as there is no uniform enterprise "science" - except in the minds of metaphysicians, school masters, and scientists blinded by the achievements of their own particular niche... There is no objective principle that could direct us away from the supermarket "religion" or the supermarket "art" toward the more modern, and much more expensive supermarket "science." Besides, the search for such guidance would be in conflict with the idea of individual responsibility which allegedly is an important ingredient of a "rational" or scientific age.” MindArtImportantIdeasWould BeAgeSchoolIndividualResponsibilityPrinciplesModernParticularMastersConflictAchievementDirectScientistObjectivesRationalGuidanceExpensiveEnterpriseIngredientsUniformsWorldviewNicheBlindedSupermarketsIndividual Responsibility Author:Paul Feyerabend
“Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Has BeensPresidentModernWorstConflictPalestinianAmerican HistoryIsraeliIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Reza Aslan
“[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of their own self-control. Their goal was not to simply to ensure the child's duty to the family, but to help him or her make personal, individual commitments. They were the first authors to state that children must obey God rather than parents, in case of a clear conflict.” FirstsChildrenSelfStatesHelpingIndividualParentGoalCasesClearModernCenturyDutyConflictCommitmentTestsTreatmentSelf ControlPuritan17th Century Author:C. Sommerville
“In the modern conflict between the Smile and the Laugh, I am all in favor of laughing. The recent stage of culture and criticism might very well be summed up as the men who smile criticizing the men who laugh.” MenWellsMightCultureLaughingModernStageHe ManConflictCriticismFavorsCriticize Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The dilemma of modern society: the conflict between the need for capital formation at a high rate and the popular condemnation of interest and dividends as "unearned income" and "capitalist," if not as sinful and wicked.” IfsNeedsInterestModernConflictRateIncomeWickedCapitalistDilemmaFormationCondemnationModern SocietyDividends Author:Peter Drucker