I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
AristotleWhoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity, so the wise man knows no hatred
BuddhaNever in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred, it will be stilled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
BuddhaIn the vast cosmos man is like a speck. Essentially there is no conflict between man and creation.
Sai BabaConflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity and sets us at noting and contriving.
John DeweyCan anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?
Blaise PascalHence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself your victory will not stand in doubt, if you now Heaven and you know Earth you may make your victory complete.
Sun TzuPut two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
Franklin D. RooseveltIt may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly those who dispute with one another at last agree.
Elbert Hubbard