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

Conflict, Relationship, Health, Communication

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

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"So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Conflict, War, Communication, Understanding

"When you give certain unnecessary people the reason and permission to oppose you, give them the power and strength to oppose you."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Conflict, Opposition, Power, Strength

"He stepped back with exaggerated courtesy. But when I walked past him, he swatted my rump. Hard enough to sting."You need to be more careful, he growled. "Keep interfering in my business and you might get hurt.I said sweetly as I continued to Jesse's room, "The last man who swatted me like that is rotting in his grave."I have no doubt about it. His voice was more satisfied then contrite."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Conflict, Threat, Defiance, Power, Violence

"When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

Conflict, Fans, Ugly

"What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when the war is over? Through the years our business has been killing."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

Conflict, War, Identity, Loss, Future

"Conflicts have small beginnings."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Conflict, Life, Problem, Awareness

"Conflicts are expensive."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Conflict, Consequence, Tension, Problem

"Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany."

Zack Love, American Author

Conflict, Violence, Justice, Peace

"The phony surrender's over, the ceasefire has ended. The final fight for the Republic has begun."

Marie Lu, American Author

Conflict, War, Endurance, Struggle

"Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

Conflict, War, Self, Battle

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"The practice of loving-kindness is about cultivating love as a trans-formative strength."

Love

"Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That's life. That's human nature."

Relationship

"Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists between two people."

Relationship

"A relationship is the union of two psychological systems."

Relationship

"From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any experience we will find transparency, insubstantiality, with no solid, unchanging core to our experience. But that does not mean that nothing matters."

Philosophy

"Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up to each of our innate capacities for love is merely to recognize that."

Relationship

"Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence."

Compassion

"Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we're adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere."

Mindfulness

"Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment."

Mindfulness

"Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others."

Relationship