1,033 Quotes About Conflict

We can see now that "low-drama" was a cover for our tendency to avoid conflict, a way we both tried to minimize problems that actually needed to be addressed.

We have all at one time been stranded on islands shouting lies across the seas of misunderstanding, hoping the fog will carry our mischief to the distant ports in people’s minds.

To often a leader defuses the situation by:1. Determining the right answer primarily through logic reason and efficiency2. Cutting off discussion and taking things off-line when people get too emotional3. Managing strong personalities through one on one conversations4. Listening to the loudest or the favorite voice the one who starts are usually the same as the leaders5. Declaring oneself as the leader in forcing a direction

Well it’s good to have a car like that, once in a while somebody’ll say, ‘why don’t you come over for dinner?’ and I can just say, ‘Car won’t make it.’ I don’t have to tell them that time is scarcer than young pussy around here, and I don’t mean time to write POETRY. I mean time to lay in bed, alone, and stare up at the ceiling and not think at all, not at all, not at all…

They are from another world, another way of life that somehow has merged with our own. These worlds are kept separate for the safety of everyone. " "And yet, I connect them." "You do.

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

All problems, though appearing outside of you, must be resolved within YOU.

Don't feed your ego with my soul.

I think that's why so many couples fight, because they want their partners to validate them and affirm them, and if they don't get that, they feel as though they're going to die. And so they lash out. But it's a terrible thing to wake up and realize the person you just finished crucifying wasn't Jesus.