Quotes About Dialogue

Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I give possibility for people to talk. No need for me to tell people what to think - even when I make a film like 'S-21.' It's only one point of view. It's still a film; it's not a tribunal.

It takes two of us to discover truth: one to utter it and one to understand it.

When we talk, we express our preconceived thoughts, when we listen, we learn and give birth to new thoughts.

Complaining or picketing will not solve a problem but understanding will.

you ask me a question I'll give you an answer…but don't look at me when I say something you don't want to hear.

It is irritating when someone talking to me, When she is not talking

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.

Every time someone puts an objection to me, I want to say: 'OK, OK, let's go on to something else.' Objections have never contributed anything.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

People around me never say anything. They just seem to want to hear what I have to say. That's why I do all the talking.

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

Millions of people are suffering: they want to be loved but they don't know how to love. And love cannot exist as a monologue; it is a dialogue, a very harmonious dialogue.

The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them to hear my needs and feelings, I first need to empathize.

Intellectuals sign petitions, perhaps march in the streets, attempt their own soundbites when broadcasting, but confine their extended energies to debate and discourse among themselves.

Because this principle is so important, and because Arjuna is so very likely to lose his tenuous grasp on it, Krishna reminds him over and over again throughout their dialogue. "The disunited mind is far from wise," he nudges. The mind "must overcome the confusion of duality.

Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars.

You don't have to read twelve books to learn what wives need from their husbands. Just walk up and ask her.

To encourage a good dialogue, it is best to treat dream figures as equals.

A good general attack can be made by talking to your opponent about his own job, in the character of the kind of man who always tries to know more about your own profession than you know yourself.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

I think we should use some other greeting. Something like 'what the fuck?" "Okay," I said, "What the fuck?" "Exactly. Right on. I love you.