Quotes About Disagreement

Clear communication always leads to conflict, and the clearer the communication the faster we arrive at it. Most people sense this intuitively. When there is the potential for disagreement, they create a gap between how they feel versus what they say. If we see conflict as a negative force to be avoided, and most people do, then we tend to "murk" up the communication.

Let us agree that we are marrying so we can go on quarrelling in the greatest possible comfort and convenience.

My grandfather always said that if you don't argue, you can't be proved wrong.

Protection involves caring about her emotions more than the content of what she says. You can disagree with the content, as long as you value her.

Does anyone object to me leaving?

es imposible que los dos estén en lo cierto. Sí es posible, en cambio, que los dos estén en un error

Contrary to popular definitions, true tolerance means 'putting up with error' - not 'accepting all views'. We don't tolerate what we enjoy or endorse - say, chocolate, or roses, or Mozart's music. By definition, we tolerate what we don't approve of or what we believe to be false.

If you disagree with something, it's easier to say 'you suck' than to figure out and explain exactly what you disagree with. You're also safe that way from refutation. In this respect trolling is a lot like graffiti. Graffiti happens at the intersection of ambition and incompetence: people want to make their mark on the world, but have no other way to do it than literally making a mark on the world.

Cuando uno les demuestra a los demás que están equivocados, los demás lo odian a uno por ello.

Deny people something they want, over a longish period, and they naturally start disagreeing about precisely what it is they do want.

The multitude is always in the wrong.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

Collaborative rapport repair is the process by which relationships recover and grow closer from successful conflict resolution. Misattunements and periods of disaffection are existential to every relationship of substance. We all need to learn a process for restoring intimacy when a disagreement temporarily disrupts our feeling of being safely connected.

There can be nothing more sterile than an extended conversation between two people who basically agree. If we basically disagreed we'd be getting somewhere.

I hate when people say 'I see'. It doesn't mean anything and I think it's hostile. Whenever anyone tells me 'I see' I think they're really saying 'Fuck you'.

You cannot really debate with somebody who truly despises you.

(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark.

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: