1,033 Quotes About Conflict

When two egos clash, they both grow and grow. An endless drama ensues. If one chapter ends, another starts. Only egolessness can defeat ego because when they meet, ego falls into its own traps.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

Real life doesn't give anyone a 'get out of jail free' card. SHIT HAPPENS! No one is exempt. Some struggles don't give us an option for a second try. There are no 'do-overs'. We learn by living!

The last useless battle; someone will fall.Useless but useful,for nothing, for All.

Do not assume that someone else’s ego can love you. It cannot. It does not even love the person it resides in. The limit of the ego’s 'love' is to decide that you are a temporary ally and thus it will protect you for the benefit of its own use. Only a soul can accept and return love. Everything else is manipulation. Fragile arrangements. They are, at best, suspicious and, at worst, vicious.

Kindness is my weapon of choice. My second is a Semmian dagger."―a weapon from "The Harrowbethian Saga’

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.

When I was 10 there was a rocket scientist that lived near me. His son was severely handicapped, but his mind was genius. He was older than me. We’d hang.One time he told me this. I remembered it all these years. He taught me:When there are two conflicting statements (truths), there is an opportunity for learning.This has helped me through the years from passing judgment to quickly or coming to a conclusion instead of dismissing things all together.

Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books.