Quotes about Strife

Nations with nations mix'd confus'dly die, and lost in one promiscuous carnage lie.

War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]

They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.

This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred, without exception.

She pulls upright, wiping her face 'But that's another one of those clichés I don't get. The light. I feel it sometimes. It makes sense that you have to beat back the darkness, but I just don't understand why there's darkness in the first place. Sometimes I feel like the world has fractured into a million pieces and they're closing in on me, and I have to push each piece back with my hands and my feet and my head to keep it from squeezing me to death.

But war is pain, and hate is woe.

Two of the hardest words in the language to rhyme are life and love. Of all words!

From hence, let fierce contending nations knowWhat dire effects from civil discord flow.

when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.

Until the antireligion zealots learn the meaning of the word tolerance, we will continue to experience unnecessary strife.

Strife is life's oldest and most holy fundament.