1,033 Quotes About Conflict

Before reacting to any conflicting situation in life. Ask yourself a simple question: "You want to be happy or you want to be right?

Conflict forces us to be fully present because it shatters our ego – stripping away all hope of escape or sugar coating. It removes everything that is nonessential to our authentic being; it removes all superficial layers. Conflict is painful because it wakes us up out of our created illusions. And if we lean into it, conflict can be the catalyst to our enlightenment.

All concepts of politics, of whatever kind, are about conflict──how to contain it, or abolish it.

While it is true that religious beliefs are often a source of conflict but the so-called rational thoughts are no better. The two World Wars, which killed more than 75 million people were not fought on the ground of religion but on the basis of so called rational thoughts like freedom, communism, nationalism, fascism or Nazism.

We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so.

Egos clash. That's the nature of egos.Treat these outbursts as sneezing fits.

There are times when we want to be two people, so that we can do conflicting things without feeling guilty.

Consensual' views of society represent society as if there are no major cultural or economic breaks, no major conflicts of interests between classes and groups. Whatever disagreements exist, it is said, there are legitimate and institutionalised means for expressing and reconciling them.

Real conflicts between two people, those which do not serve to cover up or to project, but which are experienced on the deep level of inner reality to which they belong, are not destructive. They lead to clarification, they produce a catharsis from which both persons emerge with more knowledge and more strength.