<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Knowing the harder side of human nature, in others... > Knowing the harder side of human nature, in others and in yourself, is a tool rather than a contamination. People who have wrestled with their own anger, pride, or appetite for conflict understand how to speak to those forces in others, calm them, and redirect them, while people who deny those forces have no way to engage them. **Source:** [[livestreams/Becoming the Change Through Deliberate Culture - Workbook|Becoming the Change Through Deliberate Culture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Knowing the harder side of human nature, in others and in yourself, is a tool rather than a contamination. People who have wrestled with their own anger, pride, or appetite for conflict understand how to speak to those forces in others, calm them, and redirect them, while people who deny those forces have no way to engage them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-knowing-harder-side-no-way-engage ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->