Mary Parker Follett Conflict Quotes & Sayings

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same. — Mary Parker Follett

It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned. — Mary Parker Follett

The conflict of chemistry we do not think reprehensible. If we could look at social conflict as neither good nor bad, but simply a fact, we should make great strides in our thinking. — Mary Parker Follett

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention. — Mary Parker Follett

One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility of being reconciled. — Mary Parker Follett