"There is not so good an understanding between any two but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness."

Conflict, Truth, Relationship, Misunderstanding, Emotion

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"Nothing here is like fighting vampires,' I said. 'It's more like fighting smoke. I think I liked it when I had an actual enemy to face.''Oh, don't worry, you have some. We just haven't seen them yet,' Jesse said. 'But we will. And wham we do...' She showed fang, just a flash; anybody who happened to catch a glimpse would have doubted their sanity, especially since the teeth disappeared in a flash. 'When we do, we'll settle this Morganville style."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Conflict, Fight, Enemy, Reality

"On the one hand you had people constantly fighting Hell; on the other, you had people constantly fighting Hell on earth."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Conflict, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Faith

"Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Conflict, Fear, Defense, Behavior

"It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage..."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Conflict, Darkness, Warning, Change, Emotion

"Forgiveness and Blame share an apartment, but not for long, because Blame can't live with Forgiveness, and Forgiveness can't live with Blame."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Conflict, Forgiveness, Blame, Separation

"Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

Conflict, Life, Peace, End

"As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Conflict, Truth, Power, Regret, Life

"How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Conflict, Relationship, Health, Communication

"The sun is free, it is still there to be enjoyed."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Conflict, War, Violence, Mind, Body

"I remember my mean mouth, I remember how wise I thought I was. But I was not wise then. Now I am wise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Conflict, War, Glory, Violence, Meaning

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"I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement."

Simplicity

"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."

Health

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

Environment

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

Innovation

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."

Friendship

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

Identity

"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."

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"On the one hand you had people constantly fighting Hell; on the other, you had people constantly fighting Hell on earth."

"Unprovoked hostility is often but displaced self-defense: 'I must stop him before he stops me.' In many of such environments, nobody is really hateful so much as they are just fearful."

"It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage..."

"Forgiveness and Blame share an apartment, but not for long, because Blame can't live with Forgiveness, and Forgiveness can't live with Blame."

"Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end."

"As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other."

"How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships."

"The sun is free, it is still there to be enjoyed."

"I remember my mean mouth, I remember how wise I thought I was. But I was not wise then. Now I am wise."

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"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."

"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."

"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."