Studies With Conflicting Quotes & Sayings

The first object of human association [is] the full improvement of their condition. — Thomas Jefferson

We are, as a species, neurologically uncomfortable with ambiguity. Imaging studies of the human brain in action demonstrate that the fussy little onboard computers in our skulls send out anxiety messages when confronted by conflicting or confusing information. As a consequence, we have a natural, internal impetus to settle on an interpretation that removes any perceived conflict. — Steve Volk

We hold on to the shitty things the tightest, for some reason. And — Matthew Norman

The key to anything in boxing and life is sticking to it. Never give up. — John Molina Jr.

Successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink. — Lisa Alther

Spirituality gives strength of spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Age doesn't count, but sense — Eli Coffie

I'm not sure that love is an excuse for everything — Siri Hustvedt

In the battlefield men grapple each other and die;
The horses of the vanquished utter lamentable cries to heaven,
While ravens and kites peck at human entrails,
Carry them up in their flight, and hang them on the branches of dead trees. — Li Bai

Great artistic works are often based on solving several psychological problems simultaneously. In literature this is often accomplished by splitting apart the conflict and assigning each aspect to a different character. Marjie Rynearson, for instance, wrote an award-winning play, Jenny, about the meeting and reconciliation of two women: the mother of a murder victim and the mother of the murderer. Within the dialogue between the two characters she sought to resolve two sets of problems: the rage and grief of the victim's mother, and the horror, guilt, and grief of the murderer's mother. She worked on the play for several years, and only when it was finished did she realize that through it she was struggling to resolve her feelings about the suicide of her best friend. Rynearson had simultaneously been, in effect, both the friend of the victim and the friend of the perpetrator of the killing. The power of the work lay in its simultaneous resolution of conflicting problems. — Linda Austin

He has the capacity to veer with every wind, or, stubbornly, to insert himself into some fantastically elaborated and irrational social institution only to perish with it. [For man is a] fickle, erratic, dangerous creature [whose] restless mind would try all paths, all horrors, all betrayals ... believe all things and believe nothing ... kill for shadowy ideas more ferociously than other creatures kill for food, then, in a generation or less, forget what bloody dream had so oppressed him — Loren Eiseley

Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven. — Charles Spurgeon

We move toward what we picture in our minds. — Dale Carnegie

When people say you're charming you're in deep trouble. — Jamaica Kincaid