“Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.”
Ronald Reagan
“Conflict cannot survive without your participation.”
Wayne Dyer
“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.”
Sun Tzu
“When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.”
Emile Coue
“In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.”
Richard M. Nixon
“The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.”
Frank Herbert