Quotes about Conflict
Hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce,Strive here for mast'ry.
— John Milton
Before mine eyes in opposition sitsGrim Death my son and foe.
— John Milton
What boots it at one gate to make defense,And at another to let in the foe?
— John Milton
The brazen throat of war.
— John Milton
Fill'd the air with barbarous dissonance.
— John Milton
Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
— John Milton
I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.
— John Perkins
Don't leave Christmas in the abstract. Your sin. Your conflict with the Devil. Your victory. He came for this.
— John Piper
When rival worldviews are in play, it is not adaptation that is called for but confrontation: confrontation
— John Piper
The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God's perfect holiness. Being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus magnifies him as the greatest treasure and brings you more joy---eternal, infinite joy---than any other delight ever could.
— John Piper
The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there?
— John Piper
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.
— John Quincy Adams