Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

I do think people of good will can have different opinions but still be coming not from a place of malice.

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.

We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.

Religion is the eldest sister of philosophy: on whatever subjects they may differ, it is unbecoming in either to quarrel, and most so about their inheritance.

We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be.

Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity.

You should have disagreements with your leaders and your colleagues, but if it becomes immediately a question of questioning people's motives, and if immediately you decide that somebody who sees a whole new situation differently than you must be a bad person and somehow twisted inside, we are not going to get very far in forming a more perfect union.

There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people.

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

If we cannot agree, let us at any rate agree to differ, but let us part as friends.

With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions.

Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.

I hope that one day I will gain power somehow, and somehow convince myself that there is still hope and go back and fight, people who's trying to make that place worth living for both Jews and Palestinians.

Just because somebody happens to disagree with you about something doesn't mean that they become your mortal enemy and that you should try to destroy them and destroy their life and destroy their family.

Some people have certain beliefs, and I have my own belief, and we can agree to disagree on certain things.

Ours is not a dumb species. We have put a man on the moon. We have unlocked the secrets of the human genome. We have discovered how to take stem cells and coax them into becoming brain cells, heart muscle, liver tissue - any organ of the human body that needs repair. These are our miracles, and there are more. Yet we have not yet found a way to do the simplest things: To live in peace. To stop killing each other when we disagree. To distribute that which is good in life freely and fairly.

Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?' Alessandro stopped in the middle of the corridor, took out the gun, and wrapped my hand around it before I realized what he was doing. 'Can you feel that? That's a gun. It exists. And there are a lot of people out there who do believe in it. So, excused me for taking care of them so you can have your peace.

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

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.

Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem. When we focus on reconciliation, the problem loses significance and often becomes irrelevant.

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.