confrontations Quotes

“You’re angry because you’re afraid. You all are. Deep down, you’re all the same.”

″[The radical] is not afraid to confront, to listen, to see the world unveiled. This person is not afraid to meet the people or to enter into dialogue with them. This person does not consider himself or herself the proprietor of history or of all people, or the liberator of the oppressed: but he or she does commit himself or herself, within history, to fight at their side.”

“It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human capacity to solve problems, just as in school we deliberately set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.”

“You have very low self-esteem. You’re confrontational and tend to be aggressive, you sometimes react to confrontation with violence.”

“Then Beren looking up beheld the eyes of Luthien, and his glance went also to the face of Melian; and it seemed to him that words were put into his mouth. Fear left him, and the pride of the eldest house of Men returned to him;”

“We’ll see what happens when we say yes while this rigor mortis world screams no.”

“Who can save a child from a burning house without taking the risk of being hurt by the flames?”

“The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance.”

“Therefore ministry is a very confronting service. It does not allow people to live with illusions or immortality and wholeness. It keeps reminding others that they are mortal and broken, but also that with the recognition of this condition, liberation starts.”

“You can only correct what you are willing to confront.”

“But no matter when I go back, the fact remains, eventually I need to face the other people on the tapes.”