Endless presentation of conflict may interfere with…

The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.

— Edward de Bono

What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it…

— Simone Weil

“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.”

— Sharon Salzberg

I didnt like the Survivor shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.

— Sharon Lawrence

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.

— Hilaire Belloc

UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after…

— Kofi Annan

“While there is battle and hatred men have eyes for nothing save the fact that the enemy is the cause of all the troubles;…

— Herbert Butterfield

The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.

— Anonymous

All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without…

— Syd Field

Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.

— Gerald Horne

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

— Brian Eno

Conflict isn't negative, it just is.

— Thomas Crum

There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.

— Reuven Rivlin

You can do nothing that is in conflict with your own image of what you really are.

— James Van Fleet