“Battle is important to human life, whether or not between totally different features of oneself, between oneself and the setting, between totally different people or between totally different teams. It follows that the intention of wholesome dwelling is just not the direct elimination of battle, which is feasible solely by forcible suppression of 1 or different of its antagonistic elements, however the toleration of it—the capability to bear the tensions of doubt and of unhappy want and the willingness to carry judgement in suspense till finer and finer options may be found which combine increasingly more the claims of either side. It’s the psychologist’s job to make potential the acceptance of such an thought in order that the richness of the kinds of expertise, whether or not inside the unit of the only character or within the wider unit of the group, can come to expression.“
Marion Milner, ‘The Toleration of Battle’, Occupational Psychology, 17, 1, January 1943
