“Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this world, the hopes of man, Conflict and pain, and fame immortal are his guerdon.” MenWorldSoulPainThis WorldFameConflictWeightInfiniteAncientBurdenImmortalGreat SoulsAncient Times Book:Five Books of Song Source: Five Books of Song
“I believe there's no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended. They're created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.” BelieveHumansMatterI BelievePeaceHuman BeingsConflictAncientHatefulHurtful Author:George J. Mitchell
“In the old days, land was important as the giver of all things. That period is gone now. Technology and brainpower are all that matters and yet conflicts over land, specially one like on the India-China border, that yields nothing, continue. This is a burden of ancient history that we continue to carry. If tomorrow there is settlement on planet Mars, we will begin to worry if others are interested.” IfsImportantMatterPoliticsTechnologyWorryGoneLandPlanetsTomorrowPeriodsConflictAll ThingsIndiaAncientBurdenChinaBordersYieldMarsGiverOld DaysSettlementAncient History Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction workshop, characters who want something overcoming obstacles as a way to create narrative momentum and suspense. So there's that, that trauma gives us more plot.” GivingCharacterConflictOvercomingAncientObstaclesTrauma Author:Leslie Pietrzyk
“The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.” HumansAbleNumbersEconomyEnvironmentBalanceConflictDiseaseStressResponseAncientComplicatedHuman LifeTrafficWork Life BalanceLife BalanceStressorsFamily ConflictWork And Life Balance Author:Andrew Bernstein
“How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. Considering what the world is now with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on... man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive and has built a society along these lines.” MenWorldMindHumansStillsImportantCommunityLinesConsciousnessAcceptingSocietyRevolutionConflictBuiltTraditionCrisisMiseryAncientPatternsViolentRadicalDestructiveHuman MindAggressiveAggressionBrutalConsideringNormBrutalityZeitgeist Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti