Quotes related to James 4:1
The problem is not merely man against man or nation against nation. It is man against war.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Job: "The life of man upon earth is a warfare.
— Thomas a Kempis
War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.
— James Carse
The Bible does not isolate war, as if it were something separate and unique and quite apart, as we tend to do in our thinking. It is but one of the manifestations of sin, one of the consequences of sin.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Each of us has heaven and hell in him...
— Oscar Wilde
Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
— Cormac McCarthy
Frequently he hated Miriam. He hated her as she bent forward and pored over his things. He hated her way of patiently casting him up, as if he were an endless psychological account. When he was with her, he hated her for having
— DH Lawrence
If your knuckles are bloodier than your knees, then you're fighting the wrong battle.
— Charles Martin
We are in the habit of contention—against the world, against each other, against ourselves. It is not from ourselves that we will learn to be better than we are.
— Wendell Berry
I must say that anyone who passed through those years [of World War II] without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.
— William Golding
The foolish race of mankind are swarming below in the night; they shriek and rage and quarrel -- and all of them are right.
— Heinrich Heine