1,033 Quotes About Conflict

blue-gold sky, fresh cloud, emerald-black mountain, trees on rocky ledges, on the summit, the tiny pin of a telephone tower-all brilliantly clear, in shadow and out. and on and through everything everywhere the sun shines without reservation (p. 97)

...gripping the rim of the sink you claw your way to stand and cling there, quaking with will, on heron legs, and still the hot muck pours out of you. (p. 27)

raised his arms like a magician or religious leader or politician; it was hard to tell which in this day and age

We fight because we fail to understand why really we fight

We fight because we fail to really understand why we fight

Suppose you get a feeling to punch someone. If you act on it, a war breaks out with that person. If you resist the feeling, a war breaks out with yourself within your head. That is even worse.Accept all your feelings no matter how wrong they seem to you. Drink them in their original flavour. But act on them only and only if you want that person in the story of your life as a villain or hero.

There’s a certain rule you must never forget in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts – opinions don’t matter, feelings are the priority. That said, having different ways of life is alright, but the minute you try to force your own principles unto others, you are already in the wrong.

Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that are values are exposed.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.