Richard

“Most wars between individuals are of the 'cold' rather than the 'hot' variety---lingering resentment, for example, grudges long held, resources clutched rather than shared, help not offered. These are the acts of war that most threaten our homes and workplaces.”
― Arbinger Institute, The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

“Seeing an equal person as an inferior object is an act of violence”
― Arbinger Institute, The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

“There is a question I have learned to ask myself when I am feeling bothered about others: am I holding myself to the same standard I am demanding of them?”
― Arbinger Institute, The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

“You knew all along that your sanctioned world was only half the world, and you tried to suppress the other half the same way the priests and teachers do. You won't succeed. No one succeeds in this once he has begun to think.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend