Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.
I'm pretty confident and, at the same time, I'm pretty insecure. I'm like a walking conflict.
I make one image—though 'make' is not the right word; I let, perhaps, an image be 'made' emotionally in me and then apply to it what intellectual & critical forces I possess—let it breed another, let that image contradict the first, make, of the third image bred out of the other two together, a fourth contradictory image, and let them all, within my imposed formal limits, conflict.
It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived.
Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match its total exposure.
There's no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment, that I also believe there's an individual right to bear arms. That is not in conflict with sensible, commonsense regulation.
People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.
The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.
Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently.
Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
Usually there is a paradox in what a character wants. A conflict is built deeply within them. And then you put them in motion, throw everything at them until they reveal themselves further.
Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.
Everything in this world is about conflict because this is the kind of world that humans are born into.
The theory of war as an apt and proportionate means of solving international conflicts is now out of date.
Modern science knows much about such conflicts. We call the mental state that engenders it "ambivalence": a collision between thought and feeling.
Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and, let's say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.
The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.
I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and goodness to govern themselves without conflict.
You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.