The mystic doesn't seek to avoid a disagreement so much as to infuse it with grace. A disagreement is like a cut on the skin. You need to treat it gently and not cut further. So it should be, when we see things differently, that the gentleness of spirit guides our speech. Emotional havoc usually comes not from the issues that divide us so much as from the things we say and do because of the issues that divide us. Indeed, it's often fairly simple things that we disagree about. Learning how to disagree with love is an important skill on the mystical path.
— Marianne Williamson, Everyday Grace