quotations about conflict
Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed.
KAZUO ISHIGURO
When We Were Orphans
Conflict of interest
You're split right in two
Your convictions lie between
Your shadow and you
JOE PERRY
"Conflict of Interest", Let the Music Do the Talking
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
The Living Age, Volume 9
All conflict can be traced back to someone's feelings getting hurt, don't you think?
LIANE MORIARTY
Big Little Lies
All concepts of politics, of whatever kind, are about conflict--how to contain it, or abolish it.
RALPH MILIBAND
Marxism and Politics
We often try to get control of a dispute by focusing on the details. Scientists teach us that this is an unproductive and frustrating pursuit. Documenting conflict is like trying ot measure a coastline, the classic fractal example. From afar, it looks easy, but as you work to map even a square mile, you find unique bends and curves within each bend and curve, which are comprised of even more similar yet ultimately immeasurable shapes. With conflic, documenting past discussions, memories, and interconnecting relationships will quickly get you mired in data with no hope of understanding the overall picture.
DEIDRE COMBS
The Way of Conflict: Elemental Wisdom for Resolving Disputes and Transcending Differences
The observation that conflict is part of the human condition, banal though it is, contradicts fashionable beliefs.
STEVEN PINKER
How the Mind Works
For a third party, such as a mediator, ignoring history in conflict is like ignoring a fault line running through the centre of a city: you can build on it, the city might even last for a while, but eventually it will fall down.
ALAN TIDWELL
Conflict Resolved: A Critical Assessment of Conflict Resolution